Adventure In The Hobbit

The Hobbit

By: Anjalia Sassone

In the fantasy book The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo the Hobbit fears adventures. However, on a quiet day, unexpected things occur and an adventure stirs. One in the woods, mountains, and caves, with dragons, goblins, elves, dwarves, and so much more. During his adventure, he finds a sword that symbolizes courage- from it he finally learns to be brave and take charge. In the end Bilbo realizes that his adventures weren’t all misery and that because of it he is a different person. Maybe one with more adventures ahead of him.

Bilbo starts off in his nice little hobbit hole- the “kindly West”. As the adventure starts, he, a wizard, and many dwarves head to the hills and cross the Lone-lands. Eventually they

He starts off timid, polite, and he relies on others, but throughout the book he gathers strength, courage, and he learns how to make decisions for himself. He went from, “‘Why, O why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole!” said poor Mr. Baggins bumping up and down on Bombur’s back.” pg. 74. To, “Above him the sleeping dragon lay, a dire menace even in his sleep. He grasped a great two-handled cup, as heavy as he could carry, and cast one fearful eye upwards. Smaug stirred a wing, opened a claw, the rumble of his snoring changed its note. Then Bilbo fled.” pg. 234. The significance of the theme in my life is that it could teach me to have courage and stay strong in the toughest

Pg. 235 says, “He picked Bilbo up and carried him out into the open air. It was midnight and clouds had covered the stars, but Bilbo lay with his eyes shut, gasping and taking pleasure in the feel of the fresh air again, and hardly noticing the excitement of the dwarves, or how they praised him and patted him on the back and put themselves and all their families for generations to come at his service.” The author wrote this beautifully, with complex or old words that add meaning to the story. For example he used the phrases and words, “He stole from the shadows” pg. 234. And, “Ere”, which means before (in time). A weakness that I found was that at one point it was hard to take in everything and make a picture in my mind. There were so many rivers, and this and that, so I let it pass through my mind and kept on reading to get a clearer view. That part was confusing. I thought this book was amazing and I would definitely recommend it because it was just so beautifully written and it was exciting all the way