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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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    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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    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 even the common person can become a hero. Conflict: There is a variety of types of conflict‚ the main conflict is character vs character. This comes up many times‚ when Bard is trying to

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    The theme of the book‚ the Alchemist‚ is to pursue your personal legend above all things. Paul Coleho makes it very clear that any one can achieve personal greatness by using a shepherd. Their are many reasons why you should follow your personal legend. Not only could you benefit from it‚ other lives you encounter on your journey maybe changed. You may have to post pone your journey to find the funds to complete you journey. In the book Santiago sales his sheep and goes to a lnad he has never seen

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    The Alchemist Monologue

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    It’s good that you brought up Zak Santiago ’cause that’s another Hallmark tie-in which is great for my readers. Yeah‚ it’s nice to see that. Zak and I--it’s the second project we’ve done together--but we’ve known each other since we were about nineteen or twenty. He’s very well-loved on Signed‚ Sealed‚ Delivered. His character is hilarious on that. And he is the busiest guy in the world! Zak is tough to pin down. There were days he couldn’t be on Dirk ’cause he was doing another show called Shut

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    one place to another. It can also be a journey in the mind and soul .things in life can resemble like people’s actions will lead to a journey where you may be able to learn who you are and what you are capable of doing .Most movies have it like the hobbit . this movie shows how the journey for the kid is important and he finds new people and learns new thing on his journey that will help him In this story Vita goes through a journey from her emotions to logic. Showing how Vita went from

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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 Chapter Guides Chapter One: "An Unexpected Party" Summary We are introduced to hobbits and to Bilbo Baggins‚ a stay-at-home‚ utterly respectable hobbit with a secret desire for adventure. Bilbo receives a visit from Gandalf the wizard. The next Wednesday Gandalf returns for tea‚ bringing with him a party of thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield. Despite misgivings on both sides‚ on Gandalf’s recommendation the dwarves hire Bilbo as Burglar on an expedition to the Lonely Mountain‚

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    The adventurous epic‚ The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien‚ takes the reader on a journey through Middle Earth where we come across many races‚ such as: Humans‚ Dwarves‚ Elves‚ Goblins‚ Trolls and of course Hobbits. Most of these races have leaders who are either good or bad for the position. Whenever a leader is not right for the role‚ someone might rise up and take charge. Good leaders do what is right for their people‚ whether it be to protect them‚ keep order among the races or with the nature around

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