a hobbit and the protagonist of the story. Gandalf‚ a wizard who initiates Bilbo’s journey with the dwarves. Gandalf causes Bilbo to set aside his reputation for cautious respectability to go on an adventure that will change the hobbit forever. Thorin Oakenshield‚ the leader of a group of 13 dwarves who wish to recover a treasure horde stolen by a dragon. Smaug‚ the dragon and antagonist of the story. Plot and Storyline Bilbo Baggins begins as a cautious and conservative hobbit‚
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Lamar Booker Hobbit 1. The difference and similarities among leadership‚ leader‚ and leading are that leadership is a function‚ which can be fulfilled by a person but also shared by a group. In the movie‚ The Hobbit‚ Thorin showed examples of leadership. Thorin exerted his leadership by fighting the pale orc that beheaded his father in battle. As the dwarf army retreated after seeing the king die‚ Thorin stayed and fought cutting off the hand of the orc. This showed leadership by stepping up in
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Summer Reading Essay The Hobbit: A Discussion on Setting In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit‚ readers are introduced to an imaginary world of dwarves‚ elves‚ hobbits and wizards who battle dragons‚ orcs‚ and other dark entities. There are two kinds of settings that Tolkien expresses in his masterpiece: the physical setting of Middle Earth that changes as the travellers trek from one region to the next‚ and the interior setting happening in the protagonist Bilbo Baggins’s mind as he ventures out
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolken Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit‚ one of a race of short‚ timid creatures who live in cozy tunnels and who prefer to keep their lives ordered and predictable. One day‚ he unexpectedly finds himself playing host to Gandalf the wizard and thirteen dwarves. The dwarves‚ with Gandalf’s help‚ plan to travel to the Lonely Mountain to recover the treasure that a dragon named Smaug stole from their people long ago. Gandalf has selected Bilbo to be their burglar. The dwarves are not
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million people living in the central part of the country. The Cebuano people have been using a single dialect but with different accent‚ pronunciation‚ meaning‚ and the way they deliver it. Cebuano is the language spoken in the provinces of Cebu‚ Negros Oriental‚ Bohol‚ Southern Leyte and Southern Masbate. The purpose of this study is to distinguish the variations and difference of our own Cebuano Dialect. Before the Spaniards and other Europeans came to the Visayas‚ there was no word or place called
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The hobbit What does the novel’s bravest character suggest about the nature of bravery ? Bravery means courageous behavior or character. In the novel‚ “The Hobbit” by J. R. R. Tolkien‚ Bilbo is by far the most important and bravest character. However‚ Bilbo is not portrayed as a brave hero in the beginning. Rather‚ he is a timid‚ comfortable‚ and complacent homebody like all the other hobbits. As Thorin’s group progresses in its quest for the treasure under the mountain‚ Bilbo also embarks
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This summer I read the book‚ “The Hobbit”‚ by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was a really interesting book with ups and downs just like any other. It was an adventure about a little hobbit named Bilbo who slowly discovers how brave and courageous he is. He is accompanied by 13 dwarves and occasionally a wizard named Gandalf. Together they face Goblins‚ Trolls‚ giant Spiders‚ Elves and even a dragon. There were things that I really enjoyed watching lay out and things that I felt brought the story line down.
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Sophie Bledsoe Mrs. Whitlock English IV 25 February 2013 The Hobbit: Symbolism‚ Themes‚ and Character Development In fairy tales‚ the battle between good and evil is evident. Fairy tales are known to have morals. Narnia is an example of a classic and popular fantasy series with morals and symbolism. Like Narnia‚ The Hobbit has symbolism. The Hobbit ’s symbolism is more subtle‚ but when looking it ’s not difficult to find. There are morals in the story that follow christian values
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The main character is Bilbo Baggins. He is a small little hobbit. He really likes adventures‚ but doesn’t like to show that he does. He is a quite person. He likes to have his privacy. Now Gandalf the big gray wizard is very tall and is The Hobbit is a book that shows that even the most unlikely person‚ or hobbit can turn out to be a real hero. In the book‚ Bilbo gets caught up in an adventure that will later change his life. In the beginning Bilbo Baggins ran into
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1528-3542/07/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.7.1.131 Toward a Dialect Theory: Cultural Differences in the Expression and Recognition of Posed Facial Expressions Hillary Anger Elfenbein University of California‚ Berkeley Martin Beaupre ´ University of Quebec at Montreal Manon Levesque ´ Omar Bongo University Ursula Hess University of Quebec at Montreal Two studies provided direct support for a recently proposed dialect theory of communicating emotion‚ positing that expressive displays
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