Thesis - The Hobbit‚ By J.R.R. Tolkien and Ready Player One‚ By Ernest Cline may be different in the way the Author writes and the world they take place in‚ but their themes are very similar. The books The Hobbit and Ready Player One are very different. One takes place in a dystopian America and the other in a fantasy middle aged kingdom. But under the surface of the text‚ the books are much more similar than one might expect. The themes of each book are very similar along with the main Characters
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and the Hero’s Journey The hero’s journey that Campbell said in The Hero with a Thousand Faces is a basic pattern and found in many narratives around the world. The standard pattern of the adventure of the hero is represented in the sequences: Departure-Initiation-Return. This sequences also known as the heroic Monomyth. In the movie‚ The hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‚ Campbell’s Monymyth is represented by the main character. The story unfolds according to each
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chosen Mr. Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you. If I say he is a Burglar‚ a Burglar he is‚ or will be when the time comes. There is a lot more in him than you guess‚ and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. You may (possibly) all live to thank me yet.” Explanation: Gandalf speaks these words in Chapter 1 shortly after Bilbo faints from terror at the prospect of going on the quest with the dwarves. After Bilbo’s display of fear‚ the dwarves are skeptical that Bilbo will make
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Anyone who had something of great value stolen from him would try to get it back. Even if that person had to go to high risks to reclaim what was theirs. In the book The Hobbit‚ a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins‚ a wizard named Gandalf‚ and thirteen dwarves have to get back their lost treasure that a character named Smaug stole. To reclaim their treasure they have to travel a long distance to the Lonely Mountain where Smaug is hiding . Throughout their journey they encounter many life-hindering experiences
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Conflict Essay In The Hobbit the conflict is Good vs. Evil. The Characters are constantly battling evil. The conflict is highlighted in the episodes where Gandalf‚ the dwarves‚ and Bilbo fight against the many terrors of Middle Earth. Through fights with goblins‚ trolls‚ wargs and the Battle of Five Armies‚ it is seen that good always prevails over evil. The first encounter is with trolls. The first evil that Bilbo and the dwarves come across is the trolls. Tolkien sets the reader up by saying
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Throughout The Hobbit‚ the dwarves and Gandalf reference to Bilbo as the “burglar” of the group. Although Gandalf recruited Bilbo to join the travelers‚ the dwarves skepticize the hobbit’s ability by his appearance and demeanor. However‚ Gandalf tells the doubting dwarves‚ “If I say he is a Burglar‚ a Burglar he is‚ or will be when the time comes. There is a lot more in him than you guess‚ and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. ” As this text excerpt shows‚ Gandalf specifically chose Bilbo for the
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journey and uses many concepts found in the poem‚ Beowulf. Beowulf is an ancient English story of the king of the Geats‚ Beowulf. Beowulf is a superhuman King that’s fights magical creatures in hope of being remembered. In “Lord of the Rings”‚ A young hobbit‚ Frodo‚ is given the great responsibility of protecting an evil ring until it can be destroyed. Because Tolkein was a Beowulf scholar‚ elements of Beowulf are depicted in “Lord of the Rings”. Both protagonists‚ Frodo and Beowulf‚ are similar by how
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These movie starts by describing the setting where the hobbits lived and spend their lives in holes. Communication started by Bilbo saying “Good morning” to the grey wizard; although the wizard asked him if he wishes a good morning or that good things will happen in that morning and so on. The great wizard named Gandalf offered an adventure to Bilbo‚ therefore he thought about the offer and denied by saying good morning again and entering the hole where he lived. As the same day went on Gandalf left
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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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share any of his information to anyone as he has an over desire for his family treasure. Thorin’s arrogance lets Bilbo seize the chance and become a true hero to himself and his companions. Thorin uses his talent of dressing words up to suggest to Bilbo that he should go into the secret passage first‚ and at the same time shirking the riskiest activities‚ forcing the small hobbit to face them instead. Thorin is too arrogant to admit that he is afraid to be harmed by anything in the secret passage
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