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    ‘The Hobbit’ is a beautiful story written by J.R.R Tolkien‚ and is full of happy‚ emotional quotes and lovely characters. Tolkien gives detailed descriptions of his characters using humour and often captures his young readers’ attention with short poems. For example‚ he begins his story with the sentence ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit…’ and continues it‚ which then becomes a legend! Tolkien has spun a fascinating tale with adventure involving dragons‚ magicians‚ hobbits‚ dwarves and

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    beat‚ or an internal conflict. When starting to read The Hobbit‚ the reader may be inclined to think that Smaug is the main physical antagonist and a challenge for Bilbo Baggins to overcome. In reality‚ The Hobbit falls into the second category‚ and Bilbo’s main struggle in the story is to keep balance between his two inner selves‚ his Baggins side and his Took side. Bilbo is not the only character that faces inner conflict throughout The Hobbit. J. R. R. Tolkien uses internal conflict to show the gradual

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    only thing on it was the sentence “In a hole in the ground‚ there lived a hobbit.” Of course‚ Tolkien took it upon himself to create an entire story around this “hobbit.” He felt as though he had to find out what exactly it was and ended up creating a world-famous series complete with maps and languages completely made up from the mind of the man himself. Finally‚ in 1937‚ the book was published under a simple title: The Hobbit. This book was a major success‚ and is recognized globally to this day (Doughan)

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    of The Hobbit and Beowulf Interesting similarities can be found between The Hobbit and Beowulf. These books shockingly share a lot of the characters‚ symbols‚ and scenes. Who copied who though? The answer is simple‚ Tolkein. He didn’t really copy the poem he just used a lot of the same ideas of Beowulf. J.R.R Tolkein was a professor at Oxford University. Where He read the epic poem Beowulf. He wrote some essays over the poem and really liked Beowulf. It shows in the book The Hobbit. Upon further

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    Actions that made them heroes IV. Heroic actions that Bilbo made F. Their purpose G. Their consequences V. Conclusion Complete and Real Heroes The Hobbit‚ written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien‚ describes a quest that Bilbo Baggins and his friends made. Bilbo Baggins‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ was one of the many heroes of the quest because he had many of the characteristics that made him a hero

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    Professor” match “The Hobbit”? Breaking down “The Hobbit” will help to further conclude what concepts it does and does not follow in Thomas C. Foster’s book “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” The first step in telling if “The Hobbit” t is a quest‚ is finding out if “The Hobbit” had a quester. A quester as explained by Thomas C. Foster is just a person who goes on a quest‚ whether he knows it or not.The quester in the hobbit is Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo was a well-respected hobbit who did not mind

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    read? You likely read two books following the hero’s journey. Both the books I Am Malala and The Hobbit follow the hero’s journey. The book The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien is a fantasy story about a hobbit who is thrown into an adventure he does not want to go on. The book I Am Malala is an autobiography written by Malala Yousafzai about her life as a women’s education activist. Both books The Hobbit and I Am Malala portray the hero’s journey‚ but the way that the author portrays it in each book is

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    epic fantasy film‚ The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. COSTUME & MAKEUP The hobbits are dressed in common country folk wear with light colours of red‚ yellow and green. Their rather colourful costumes reflected the hobbits’ nature which is optimistic and good. Their costumes fitted in well with their surroundings as the colours blend with the natural colours of the forest. The hobbits also wear a cloak over their clothes and carry large backpacks. The cloak is typical of what medieval

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    because the reader is awaiting and can only guess the horror that the hobbits will face. By using imagery‚ Tolkien is able to create a sense of tension. He illustrates a fog that opens ‘reluctantly before them’ and closes ‘forbiddingly behind them.’ The adverbs ‘reluctantly’ and ‘forbiddingly’ demonstrate something sinister and almost foreboding. The fog creates tension and suspense because it blocks the view of the hobbits making them helpless and vulnerable because they don’t know where they’re

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    we had never seen before. Researchers called the remains LB1‚ also nicknamed the hobbit due to its small size. It was first believed that this new species‚ Homo floresiensis‚ was a descendent of Homo erectus that had simply dwarfed over time due to limited access to resources. However‚ newer studies have highlighted some of the more primitive characteristics of LB1‚ which lead scientists to believe that the hobbits branched off from the human family tree much earlier than previously thought. Summary:

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