“With a Shriek that deafened men‚ felled trees and split stone‚ Smaug shot spouting into the air‚ turned and crashed down on high ruin”(Tolkien 224).This is the last we hear of Smaug‚ before his death in The Hobbit. Smaug is the last major problem between the company and the treasure‚ and needs to be stopped in order for the treasure to go back to Thorin’s family. Bard a member of Laketown‚ takes the challenge trying to protect his town‚ and not caring or knowing what this could do for someone else
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child. What would you do? What would you expect any good parent to do? Would you consider it morally justifiable? This was the situation faced by the Nash family who had the first largely publicized case of a ‘savior sibling’ (Steinbock 544). In 2000‚ Lisa and Jack decided to create a savior sibling for their daughter‚ Molly Nash‚ who at the time was six years old. She was born with multiple birth defects due to Fanconi anemia‚ a deadly genetic disease that causes bone marrow failure‚ eventually resulting
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are male‚ exhibit mythic strength and prowess on the battlefield‚ and have already been established by their own people or country as a heroic figure (Nagy 33). Yet this type of reputation is not the case with the race of hobbits. A hobbit is not a warrior nor does a hobbit appear to possess the makings of a hero. As Tolkien said in a 1964 interview‚ “[Hobbits] are just rustic English people‚ made small in size because it reflects the small reach of their imagination.” (Carpenter 180). To a degree‚
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people who unselfishly help people live their lives in a peaceful manner. Many children wish they could become heroes‚ such as Bilbo Baggins. In The Hobbit‚ J.R.R Tolkien explores how Bilbo Baggins matures and ultimately becomes a hero. A hero‚ as stated before‚ selflessly thinks about others’ well beings before his or her own. Bilbo Baggins‚ the hobbit who was enlisted to help the dwarves retrieve Thorin’s family treasure‚ does the same thing when he decides to take matters into his own hands‚ and
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The Hobbit is a fantasy novel about a peaceful hobbit that accompanies a wizard and several dwarves on a journey to steal the great treasures of the dragon Smaug and I believe it demonstrates or uses the features of the fantasy genre. The features of any genre are like a skeleton for the story of that particular genre. Different genres have different features such as different settings‚ characters‚ plot‚ themes and values. Features are like a list of criteria that is used to assess whether the novel
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Persuasive Essay The Hobbit Book Report The Hobbit was one of the best stories I have read. Therefore‚ I think it should stay in the current high school curriculum. This story of adventure is about a benign‚ ignorant creature called a hobbit. This hobbit’s name is Bilbo Baggins. One day‚ Bilbo gets an unexpected party in his hobbit- hole from twelve dwarves and the wizard‚ Gandalf the Gray. He is then recruited to be their burglar on their way to the Lonely Mountain to reclaim
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Q: How might Gandalf be considered a father figure in the novel? This means how does Gandalf guide the company‚ most importantly Bilbo‚ in a way like a father would to his children. A: Gandalf plays a huge role in the story‚ as we all know‚ but a major part of his role is how much like a father he acts to Bilbo as well as the rest of the company. He guides them for much of their journey‚ teaching them tips and tricks as well as how to use their brains a little bit to get them out of trouble. This
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WAR: SAVIOR OF AMERICAN SPIRIT It is necessary that the American Revolution helped the Americans to see themselves as an independent nation without the control of the another nation. At first‚ the Colonist and Britain work together as one‚ but British take Colonist just for their benefit. British partner with Colonist‚ to taxes them‚ control land‚ and attempt to take gold. After the French and Indian War‚ British government economic control over the Colonies‚ but then British taxes them so hard
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The Hobbit Essay Would you go on a fantastic adventure if you had the chance? In The Hobbit‚ J.R.R. Tolkien shows you a world where an “everyman” named Bilbo Baggins goes on an adventure with thirteen dwarves and a wizard named Gandalf to retake the Lonely Mountain from the greedy dragon Smaug. Many forms of literary elements appear in this book such as conflict‚ character archetypes‚ artifacts of attraction‚ and deus ex machina.. These elements work together to create a detailed fantasy world
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I enjoyed the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. I believe that this novel presents important themes that are relevant in today’s society‚ just as much as they make up an entertaining plot. Themes such as Heroism‚ Race and Lineage‚ Good vs. Evil‚ Loyalty and Home are discussed in novels written in recent times. They give the reader a strong sense of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ in the plot. This allows the audience to distinguish between good and evil. Tolkien uses an enormous vocabulary of words that are
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