Introduction: Every hero changes and grows in a story. Bilbo is no exception. In the very beginning of “The Hobbit”, Bilbo is just like any other hobbit, quiet and comfortable in his little hobbit hole. He prefers to stay out of trouble and never leave the comfort of his home. This is the beginning of his ‘Hero’s Journey’. The Hero’s Journey is an idea that every hero in every story follows. This shows the change and growth in a hero. The steps of the Hero’s Journey includes the call to adventure, the journey through the treacherous lands, the trials and problems the hero has to solve, and defeating the main enemy and receiving his reward. Throughout Bilbo’s journey, he grows and changes. From going on the adventure itself, riddling with Gollum, …show more content…
Though he has two sides to him, the Baggins side is the most dominant until the day Gandalf came. The day that Gandalf came shook the Took side in him, revealing it to the reader and the dwarves. Bilbo was told that he was the burglar for a great mission to bring back the dwarves gold. At first he refuses and pushes them away, but the Took side overpowered his Baggins side, causing him to get interested in the idea. He accepts and heads with the dwarves into the treacherous world. How does this show his hero development? Well, it shows the beginning step of the hero’s journey. Bilbo meets his mentor, Gandalf, who tells him that the journey is long and hard. What does BIlbo say to this? First, he refuses, which shows the next step in the hero’s journey, the refusal. Bilbo is uncertain and concerned for his well being, as are many heroes when they first hear about their journey. But you can see the Took side shaping his refusal into an acceptance. He agrees to the journey, leaving his comfort zone, and heading into the treacherous lands before him. This leads the reader to think that he thought about the idea and took the courage to say yes (After long debate with himself). To me, this shows a hero in the making, …show more content…
They are told not to leave the path and continue moving not matter how rough it gets. The group does what Gandalf says but eventually hunger grows over their conscious and drives them from their path. This leads them farther into the woods following strange lights and wood elves feasting. They eventually get lost, and as the night starts to darken, lose each other. Bilbo is stranded in the woods alone when he meets a spider, in which he kills. This spider led him to a clearing with hundreds of giant spiders making webs with bundles tied to their centers. The bundles were the dwarves waiting to be eaten by the arachnids. Bilbo turns himself invisible and begins teasing and throwing rocks at the spiders. This maddens the creatures, luring them away from the bundles up in the trees. Bilbo secretly begins cutting the bundles down, one by one. The spiders came back as the last of the bundles were cut. Bilbo turns invisible again and begins killing the spiders one by one, while running away. They eventually drive off the spiders and escape into the woods, only to be lost again. This shows heroism in Bilbo. First Bilbo shows that he is capable of thinking out a solution to a major problem that could have led to himself being captured. Second, he shows great compassion as well. He could have left the dwarves out in the middle of the woods while he went off looking for a path. Instead, he
He went from being a reluctant hero to an epic hero just from a few slight changes. Bilbo was almost forced out the door to begin his journey with the dwarves by Gandalf. He did not want to go on the journey and certainly did not feel the need to be a hero, although he reluctantly ended up being one in the book. In the movie, on the other hand, he had many opportunities to become the hero and he took these opportunities, becoming an epic hero. While change can greatly impact some things, it can also take away from important pieces of the
Bilbo Baggins lived a very simple life, a life he enjoyed very much, until the day when the wizard Gandalf arrived at his door one morning. Gandalf was searching for someone to share an adventure with, but Bilbo quickly declined, saying, “We don’t want any adventures here. You might try over The Hill or across The Water,” and with that the hobbit dismissed the wandering wizard, but not before he had given the wizard an invitation for tea the next day. This of coarse, was the polite thing to do. But Gandalf saw something more in Bilbo and would not be discouraged.
Within J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Tolkien uses the character of Bilbo Baggins to reveal to the reader the constant struggle between heroic and anti-heroic qualities within Bilbo and ourselves.
Bilbo Baggins undergoes a hero’s journey in The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien. He departs from his home, is initiated into a more mature mindset, undergoes a road of trials, goes through his innermost cave, and is returned home and reintegrated into society. Bilbo’s journey is also a quest for self identity, because he realizes his place as “quite a little fellow in a wide world” and learns to balance out his respectable Baggins heritage with his adventurous Took background (Tolkien
Perseverance is a skill that takes a long time to develop. In J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Bilbo is the one who gains this skill over the course of the book. He undergoes many struggles along the way, including giant spiders, and armored dragons. These test his loyalty to his group, as well as to the cause. The cause being to take back the mountain stronghold that the dwarves lost long ago. Seeing their journey, one theme is evident. Bilbo Baggins' motivation to continue to the stronghold in the mountains changed from annoyed to driven over the course of his travels.
Then one day a wizard by the name of Gandalf comes and gives Bilbo the opportunity to go on an adventure. Bilbo turns his offer down, but the next day thirteen dwarves come to his house. They have meals together and they sleep at Bilbo’s house. Gandalf then convinces him to go on an adventure with them. Bilbo is many things, in the beginning he is flat, static, main, and he is the protagonist.
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
Bilbo Baggins is a very soft and quiet hobbit. He loves to eat, and is pampered by his own self. So when Gandalf arrives to take him on an adventure, Bilbo is a little hesitant –scared to death- to risk his life with Thorin and Company. “At may never return he began to feel a shriek coming up inside, and very soon it burst out like the whistle of an engine coming out of a tunnel. […] The...
Campbell, a mythologist, and Winkler of TEDed believed the hero is called away from his ordinary life to go on an adventure where they face the unusual. The first stage of departure is call to adventure or status quo, but the hero is not always eager to go on the adventure and has to be persuaded. This happens to Bilbo when Gandalf shows up at Bilbo’s hobbit hole unexpectedly one afternoon and the next day, Gandalf shows up with the dwarves and offered him to go on the quest. As they do not create the best first impression with a rude comment from Gloin,“I had my doubts. He looks more like a grocer-than a burglar!” (Tolkien 10), Bilbo is reluctant to join them. Furthermore, the hero receives assistance, when they meet a helper, usually someone older and wiser, such as Gandalf. Into the world of the unknown, the guide leads the hero across the first threshold such as the Misty Mountains which serve as a barrier for Bilbo. After assistance comes departure, where the hero is sucked into the unknown, for example, when Bilbo encounters Gollum, a ferocious and
Bilbo cleverly eluded Smaug’s temptation, spared the life of foul creature Gollum, and demonstrate courage more and more throughout his journey. These exquisite traits made Bilbo into the revered character that was loved and respected for generations of readers. Throughout the book, Bilbo’s character had changed. At first, he was the ordinary hobbit who described adventures as “Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things” (4) but by the end of his journeys stated to Thorin, “I am glad that I have shared in your perils” (290). Bilbo’s ability to fight evil, make new friends, and to look beyond his maps and books enable him to become a hero. As Gandalf once said at the very beginning, “There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself” (19). Gandalf was right. What appeared to be an uneasy hobbit who fainted at the thought of adventures, turned out to be a brave leader, a compassionate friend, and an inspiring
Bilbo begins his long journey with the dwarves, who at the time were still skeptical of Bilbo’s abilities. The dwarves didn’t see why they needed such a small incompetent hobbit with them along their journey. Gandalf tells them to stop complaining and to trust that there is more to Bilbo than meets the eye (Tolkien 6). Bilbo soon shows his courage and heroism for the first time in the story when they run into their first obstacle, three large trolls huddled around a campfire. Bilbo, who was once a shy, non-adventurous type, begins to develop into a hero as he tries to steal one of the trolls’ money purses. This is a dramatic scene in the novel because it was Bilbo’s very first act outside his comfort zone. It was this...
He starts off as a hobbit scared of the world and never wanting change in his life to ever become a great hero and adventurer. As he starts off his great journey he showed change for the first time and that he is willing to risk his life. As Bilbo embarks on this journey and continues helping the dwarves many traits form from this experience such as bravely as he stood up to the trolls. Shows the heroism that everyone has inside them even if they don't know
Bilbo starts out as an extremely simple Hobbit and ends up becoming adventurous and brave. His motivation is to defeat Smaug and reclaim the Dwarves stolen treasure. Bilbo is an extremely dynamic character, throughout the book he is an ever-changing character who will surprise you in many ways. His main character traits include being positive, a homebody, well mannered, and a good host.
Bilbo assumes that he is an inadequate companion for the adventure, and that idea is apparent as he and the dwarves equally doubt his skills that Gandalf is so confident about. " 'I have chosen Mr. Baggins and that ought to be enough for you...There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. '" (Tolkien 33) The dwarves allow Bilbo to join their company, but they do not completely take Gandalf 's word and have a difficult time becoming accustomed to the hobbit. The party describes him during the journey as being "more trouble than use so far" and wished Gandalf had "chosen someone with more sense" (119). However, once they realize that in spite of how traumatic a situation is for Bilbo, he still finds a way to help them when they can 't defend themselves, and because of that they accept him as a friend and stay loyal to him until the end of the quest and the
Bilbo doesn’t realize it at first, with the help of Gandalf he sees he has changed. He has become brave and fearless. He has also learned the value of friendship and kindness through his new friends and their journey together which has now forever