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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

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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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    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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    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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    Y$trffi ffis in convenience stores. "Campbell‚s recognizes changing Traditional companies such as Campbell‚s are constantlytry_ ing to come up with new product offerings that will appeal to the ever-changing nature of consumer markets. \A4tile Camp_ bell’s maintains its position as the market leader for canned‚ condensed soups‚ it has found the size of that market shrink_ ing in recent years. But thanks to Carl lohnson‚ chief strate_ gl‚officer of Campbell Soup Co.‚ the company is introducing

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    Despite being a hobbit‚ Frodo Baggins is a modern example of an epic hero. He embodies the values of the hobbits by living a simple life‚ yet he risks that life when he sets out on a great quest to save Middle Earth. A true hero should not be judged by his supernatural strength but by the size of their heart and willingness to give up his life to save the world. He has help on his journey from a few supernatural allies. Tolkien in no way presents Frodo as a hero with supernatural strength ready to

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    Excerpt From The Hobbit

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    In the excerpt from the Hobbit‚ the author‚ J.R.R.‚ uses descriptive language to describe the setting and mood. This quote helps us form our claim by showing mood and setting‚ “He nibbled a bit of sorrel‚ and he drank from a small mountain stream that crossed the path‚ and he ate three wild strawberries that he found on its bank‚ but it was not much good.” This supports our claim by presenting that he was stuck in the wilderness without the resources he would normally use. The character scrounge

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    In the book The Hobbit‚ Tolkien uses the golden ring as symbolism‚ revealing actions‚ and inner thinking to interpret Bilbo’s drive. Do you think this “ring” will effect Bilbo in a negative or positive way? In the beginning of the book‚ the main character Bilbo Baggins was not was not much of a hero. Bilbo’s life before the ring was very besotted. He was much like the other hobbits. Comfort seaming and content. All Bilbo wanted to do was eat‚ drink‚ and smoke in his adequate wizened whole

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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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