Analysis Of Bilbo In The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit, one who enjoys peace and quiet, feasts and fireplaces, and the coziness of his home. At the beginning the The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo could not even imagine going on a tenacious adventure, but by the end he has survived the longest, toughest battle yet. Throughout the novel Bilbo Baggins changes from a prudent, typical hobbit into a courageous, sacrificing adventurer.

At the beginning of The Hobbit, Bilbo was sensible and when it came to his actions he was cautious, as well as being wise in thought. “We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures” (4). This was Bilbo's response when Gandalf mentioned going on the adventure with him. The idea of going outside of the Shire scared him. Gandalf basically

One example was when Bilbo faced off against Gollum in the goblin tunnel, this was most certainly one of Bilbo's greatest acts of courage. When Bilbo woke up underground and had no idea where he was, he then soon finds Gollum. The sneaky sea creature declared a match of trickery riddles. Gollum was more than surprised when Bilbo defeated him by asking the question “what have I got in my pocket” (78). The answer of course was Gollum's ring of invisibility. What makes Bilbo so audacious is he has no idea what he is getting himself into. To Bilbo, it is all the unknown so he walks by himself with pride into these situations. Another proof of Bilbo's daringness is when he faces Smaug alone in the Lonely Mountains. Bilbo was more ready to challenge Smaug than he ever would have been at the beginning of his adventure. When it comes time to encounter Smaug for the first time, Bilbo hears his snoring so he knew he was asleep. Although Smaug later noticed, Bilbo left his lair with a two handled golden cup. The second time Bilbo journeys into Smaug's lair the dragon pretended to be asleep at first, then startles Bilbo when he begins to have a conversation with him. While in discussion, Bilbo purposely replies only in riddle to him while discovering his weak spot which was above his left breast. Bilbo comes out alive by outrunning Smaug's deathly flames. Bilbo has proven himself

During the middle of Bilbo and his crew's adventure they run into big trouble with the giant spiders. While asleep in the dark of the forrest Bilbo and the dwarves are surprised to find themselves tied up by the spiders. Using his sword later named Sting, Bilbo cuts himself free. He leads the spiders away from the dwarves by throwing stones in the opposite direction, then he sets the dwarves free with help from the invisibility ring so the spiders could not see him. Bilbo throws himself in harm all to guarantee the dwarves their protection. Another time Bilbo offered up his safety in order to ensure the dwarves was when he rescued all of them from the wood elves. As Bilbo and the dwarves were on a mission to find food somewhere, they run into the wood-elves. Bilbo put his ring on so he was invisibly but all the dwarves were locked up in the Elvenking's castle. After several weeks of exploring the castle, Bilbo comes up with his plan of escape. Bilbo steals the keys from the guard while he was not paying attention, then manages to set all the dwarves free. They are now all floating downstream in empty wine barrels. If it was not for Bilbo's yield, they would still be prisoners in there. It was risky business and Bilbo could be caught and locked up as well, but he did it and his plan was completed with a favorable