Bilbo In The Hobbit

Should one give in to the easy route and avoid danger or should one follow the path of adventure and help others? All may agree that by, Bilbo, throughout Tolkien’s Hobbit, acted heroically in several instances to help the dwarves in their adventure, but was Bilbo a true hero? A hero must prove himself selfless, aware, and brave. Selflessly giving up his own portion of the treasure to try and buy peace, Bilbo proved himself in this heroic act. Secondly, Bilbo remained aware, and noticed the gaping whole in Smaug’s armor, which was the key to Bard’s victory over the haughty dragon, as well as delivered the dwarves from their imprisonment in the elvish halls by noticing an escape route. Finally, as timid as he felt, Bilbo bravely faced his fears

After sneaking out of the dwarven fortress at night with the glorious Arkenstone of Thrain, Bilbo crept out to meet the King of the Elves and Bard of the Lakemen, offering them his own share of the treasure in the form of the Arkenstone: “‘But I have an interest in this matter– one fourteenth share, to be precise, according to a letter, which fortunately I kept!’ … ‘A share in the profits, mind you’ he went on. ‘Personally I am only too ready to consider all your claims carefully, and deduct what is right from the total before putting in my own claim.’” Here Bilbo refers to the request made by the Lakemen to share in a portion of the gold which they helped Thorin reach, and after Thorin refused to give them the portion, a war arose, hovering and tense, with each party waiting in their camps for the signal calling them to battle. Bilbo selflessly offered his own share, in the form of his letter from Thorin along with the Arkenstone. “Then Bilbo, not without a shudder, not without a glance of longing, handed the marvellous stone to Bard, and he held it in his hand, as though dazed.” Sick of the strife and selfish hoarding around him, Bilbo defied the unagreeable dwarves, humans, and elves and gave up his very own portion that would have compensated him for

First, after tricking Smaug into revealing his glorious, gem-encrusted swath of armor along his belly, Bilbo spotted a gaping hole in the arrangement and later this information made its way to Bard, who shot an arrow straight into the gap and killed the enraged dragon, so saving the people of Laketown. Secondly, Bilbo remained aware by rescuing the dwarves from the elvish halls. Bilbo helped them, at great expense to himself, out of their imprisonment and into freedom through the empty barrels sent rushing down a river out of