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    from being eaten by Smaug‚ the dragon‚ just like when he saved the dwarves from multiple terrible situations such as saving them from the trolls. The title of this book is The Hobbit written by J.R.R. Tolkien and the director of the movie “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” is Peter Jackson. The book and movie are about a hobbit named Bilbo who is called to go on an adventure. In this adventure Bilbo‚ 13 dwarves‚ and a wizard will go kill the dragon who tore apart the dwarves’ city and took all of their

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    Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien

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    In the Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien uses stereotypes as a way to portray the different races in his book. He starts the story off with the line “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”(page 1)‚ Hobbits are presented by Tolkien as small creatures who are similar to humans but roughly half their size of a regular human. This quote states that hobbits all live in a fancy hole in the ground and thats stereotyping hobbits. The hobbits are also stereotyped to have two diners‚ love good food‚ have hair

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    The Hobbit, Chapter 1

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    The hobbit Chapter 1 Pre-reading: The map: Weird signs/symbols - runes Unclear landscape symbols - mountain/landscape. Lack of details. Arrows around the map Magic creatures Visualization of the story -> how far‚ landscape‚ important stuff Simplicity: Runes -> message. Authencity -> real Follows the story - Sets up the reader Sets up the quest - gives the idea of the quest. While reading: Including the reader. Setting up the whole hobbit thing. Draws you into the world. The

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    In the book The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien‚ the Goblins are horrible creatures whose personality shows mostly through their songs‚ and that they are ugly‚ nasty‚ and heartless to other creatures. Bilbo and the dwarves are forced to run through the Goblins’ passageways in Chapter 4 titled “Over Hill and Under Hill”‚ while the Goblins sing a terrifying song and whip the dwarves. The song has several onomatopoeia that represent the sound of beating the travelers. The goblins are even saying that they

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    The Hobbit is that marvelous story that all fantasy books try to live up to. It’s that one book‚ that if your friends have no knowledge whatsoever of‚ you have a hard time believing them. And there is a reason why. J.R.R. Tolkien’s storytelling ability is astounding. The book begins in a “Hobbit’s” home. What is a Hobbit? Hobbits are small people‚ even smaller than Dwarfs. In their homeland‚ the Shire‚ they live fairly normal lives. But very rarely‚ one will go on an adventure. A great wizard‚ Gandalf

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    about The Hobbit The world we live in is full of heroes that are different shapes and sizes that people don’t remember who they are a month after they do something. The story The Hobbit may make you think of a half sized person as an no everyday hero‚ but his actions will touch your heart and make you think that it’s really possible to change the world around you no matter what size you are. The half sized person in this story by J.R.R. Tolkien is named Bilbo and his race is known as hobbits. In his

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    lived in the neighborhood of The Hill for time out of mind‚ and people considered them very respectable‚ not only because most of them were rich‚ but also because they never had any adventures or 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

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    something In the unknown author’s epic poem “Beowulf” and in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit both forms of loyalty are significantly represented. “Beowulf” tells the story of Beowulf‚ a Geatish warrior‚ who comes to the aid of the King of the Danes‚ whose kingdom is being terrorized by a monster‚ which leads to Beowulf battling other monsters who want vengeance. The Hobbit portrays a tale about a hobbit‚ Bilbo‚ who is chosen along with a group of thirteen dwarfs to complete an embarking quest

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    After watching the video “Joseph Campbell: The Hero’s Adventure”‚ and reviewing the slide show that assessed the video‚ my understanding is that the hero can be one or more entities of any given time frame‚ providing a valuable story drawn from the acts of the hero. The act of resurrecting from death‚ an example Campbell used‚ the child who becomes an adult‚ or the birth of a child not only heroic of the baby‚ but of the mother as well. The act of becoming more‚ stepping out of the ordinary. Heroes

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    The Hobbit Study Questions Top of Form Scroll through the page to review your answers. The correct answer is highlighted in  green.  Your incorrect answers (if any) are highlighted in  red.  If you’d like to take the test over again‚ click the reset button at the end of the test. 1. What is the name of Bilbo’s hillside home? (A) Bag End (B) Crookhollow Bend (C) Brandywine End (D) Lothlorien 2. What happens to trolls when they are exposed to daylight? (A) They explode. (B) Their strength

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