Q: How might Gandalf be considered a father figure in the novel? This means how does Gandalf guide the company‚ most importantly Bilbo‚ in a way like a father would to his children. A: Gandalf plays a huge role in the story‚ as we all know‚ but a major part of his role is how much like a father he acts to Bilbo as well as the rest of the company. He guides them for much of their journey‚ teaching them tips and tricks as well as how to use their brains a little bit to get them out of trouble. This
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no difference in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit. The main antagonist Smaug‚ a Dragon‚ and the lesser antagonist‚ Gollum‚ both share similar traits to fit the author’s definition of evil. Which is greed for anything they desire‚ hurting anyone in their path‚ being clever. Smaug the main antagonist in the story has all the traits to be Tolkien’s main villain. Tolkien likes his villains to be clever and that fits Smaug very well. First it took the Hobbit‚ who is the protagonist of the story‚ several
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life. Sometimes‚ writers will invent a new race of beings or a writer will use other fictional characters from others in their work. It happens all the time in the movies you watch and the book you read‚ writer do it all the time to add a sense to fantasy to their work‚ a writer in particular who is fond of using fictional characters‚ is J.R.R Tolkien. J.R.R Tolkien wrote the fantasy novels‚ The Hobbit‚ The Lord of the Rings and much more‚ where he not only used fictional races‚ but he always gave
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middle of the Shire‚ in a hobbit-hole lived Bilbo Baggins. He was very fond of visitors and never did anything unexpected‚ a proper hobbit‚ as you might say. Like most hobbits he didn’t like adventures‚ and didn’t suspect that he was about to go on an extraordinary one himself. Bilbo is sitting on a bench near his front door‚ drinking his favourite tea. He is not suspecting anything that is about to happen and is having an ordinary day. A tall old man comes up to Bilbo‚ he is wearing a pointed blue
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In the book ‚The Hobbit‚ the characters are on a journey and usually on a journey‚ you’re going to need all the strength and intelligence you can get. Both strength and intelligence can be very useful at a time like that‚ but if I had to pick the most important one‚ it would be intelligence. Intelligence can help you think before you do‚ is easily shared‚ and helps you with skills. Intelligence can be a major key because it gets you to think things through. You want to at least think about
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did anything unexpected.” (1) In J.R.R. Tolkien’s‚ The Hobbit‚ Bilbo Baggins was no exception to this. He was very content living in the shire‚ but when Gandalf arrived at his house along with 13 dwarves he finds himself doing something he thought he would never do‚ going on an adventure. This novel shows that even the common person can become a hero. Conflict: There is a variety of types of conflict‚ the main conflict is character vs character. This comes up many times‚ when Bard is trying to fight
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In The Hobbit‚ there are many different creatures‚ and many of the characters´ encounters involve some of those creatures. The most interesting part of the book involved one type of creature that is called a spider. The spiders in The Hobbit are not like most spiders. These spiders are much larger and do not use regular insects as a food source. Mr. Baggins and his other travelers encountered these spiders in the Mirkwood Forest. They would not have ended up in this predicament if Gandalf had stayed
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The Snot Thief of the Dark or Bilbo the Pocket Thief? Engrossed by the screen‚ the flashing lights‚ the angles‚ the sounds‚ or on the couch‚ nodding off. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien in 1997‚ was written for preteen and the teen audience about the adventures‚ challenges and parts of Bilbo journey and life. However the movie The Hobbit “An Unexpected Journey” directed by Peter Jackson in 2012‚ included advanced computer graphics‚ attracting the teens of this time period. This book consists of adventures
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“With a Shriek that deafened men‚ felled trees and split stone‚ Smaug shot spouting into the air‚ turned and crashed down on high ruin”(Tolkien 224).This is the last we hear of Smaug‚ before his death in The Hobbit. Smaug is the last major problem between the company and the treasure‚ and needs to be stopped in order for the treasure to go back to Thorin’s family. Bard a member of Laketown‚ takes the challenge trying to protect his town‚ and not caring or knowing what this could do for someone else
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