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    after him wherever he chooses to go. He generally tries to be there and help Frodo. In any case‚ it is vital to specify that the hobbit is not a conventional hero. This normal individual just answers Gandalf’s call and assumes liability for demolishing the Ring. Another self-portraying example in this set of three stories may be the style of depicting Mordor. Tolkien presents it as a cheerless

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    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a philologist (scholar of language) and a world famous author. He is most renowned for his best-selling books‚ The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein‚ South Africa on January 3‚ 1892. His friends and family referred to him as Ronald. Ronald’s parents were Arthur and Mabel Tolkien‚ and he had a younger brother named Hilary. At the age of three‚ J.R.R. Tolkien was bitten by a large South African tarantula while he was

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    Year 9 A New Kind of Dreaming Essay Conflicts and challenges cause characters to change and grow. Discuss how this idea can be applied to the novel A New Kind of Dreaming. Before Planning Unpack the question Highlight the three most important parts of the question. It is asking you how conflict causes a character to change and grow. Ask yourself: What is the definition of ‘conflict’? Which character encounters the most conflict in ANKOD? Which character undertakes the most changes and

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    Archetypes In The Hobbit

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    The Hobbit shows both positive and negative character traits. Some of the positive traits were shown by what the dwarves did. They were peaceful and honest . The trolls were seen in a negative light because they tried to kill the dwarves. At this point in the story intelligence would be more important than physical strength because when the trolls made an appearance in the book‚ they weren’t defeated with brute strength.They were defeated because of the sun. In other words‚ the trolls kept getting

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    The Hobbit Hardship

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    “Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines‚ but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.” -Buddhist maxim. For example‚ Bilbo Baggins in the story The Hobbit had never before left the limits of the shire. But‚ by the end of the story‚ he’s off fighting goblins and helping to slay dragons. He has become a new man who isn’t afraid to face dangers‚ go on adventures‚ or go past his former limits. He became a different person thanks to the hardships and difficulties he faced. Three

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    Luck in the hobbit

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    “Luck” in the hobbit Luck plays a huge role in this novel because without luck Bilbo wouldn’t have survived many of the situations he got into. In my opinion‚ I think that Bilbo’s greatest weapon is luck and it proves very useful throughout his journey but it was not always good luck. Many of the situations that Bilbo and his friends got into would not have happened had it have not been for bad luck The first incident that I think was really impacted by luck‚ which in this case happened to be

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    Everyone is different when they start practicing something new‚ something that is out of their comfort zone. Normally people do not perform anything that involves them leaving their bubble; they just like to keep it simple. People do things that they like and what they are used to‚ not unexpected or indifferent things. One can pretty much anticipate what these people do because they do the same thing every day‚ there is no change in their life and they either do not like change or they do not like

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    The Hobbit written by J.R.R. Tolkien is classified as a children’s novel‚ this would be the first steps to the series‚ he would later publish; The Lord of the Rings which resides in the same fictional world established in The Hobbit. The work of The Hobbit mirrors that of various mythos and aspects of the real world. The Hobbit shares many of it’s themes and several of its key qualities in characters with those established in previous stories or myths‚ starting with Bilbo Baggins. The aristocratic

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    Book Summary: The Hobbit

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    The Hobbit Essay The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is a book about a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who was never adventurous. He went on a dangerous journey with the dwarves and he developed a lot as a hobbit as a result. He goes on a great journey and faces many challenges. Bilbo Baggins’ dad was named Bungo Baggins. Hobbits never go on adventures but Bilbo’s mom Belladonna Took was in the Took family. Tooks are very adventurous even though they’re hobbits. His journey with the dwarves turned him

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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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