Theme Of Fate In The Hobbit

But for the Grace of God Throughout The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the dwarfs and Bilbo survive through their adventures by the skin of their teeth. Yet the characters never seem to consider that there is anything strange about this, to the reader though it seems that Bilbo and the dwarfs have a series of coincidence or a vast amount of luck on their side. It seems that there could be someone or something that is guiding Bilbo and the dwarfs’ course and turning their adventures in their favor. It might matter that Bilbo and the dwarfs adventure succeeds and could have an impact on other people, than just the dwarfs. There is a presence of luck in the book and this implicates that there is a power beyond that is playing a role in the fate of

When Bilbo crawls around in the goblin tunnels, and happens upon the ring, in a tunnel that all he sees is blackness (Tolkien, The Hobbit 65). It is pure luck that Bilbo found this ring that his hand falls in the exact spot where the ring lay. Bilbo would not have escaped from the goblin tunnels. This is not the only instance of luck, but one of frequent events. Another time luck seems to be playing a role is when the secret door in the mountain is discovered. Thorin earlier in their adventure said, “it passes our skill in these days to guess when such a time [Durin’s Day] will come again” (Tolkien, The Hobbit 51). Yet Bilbo and the dwarfs arrive at the mountain in time for Durin’s Day. It is only by luck that Bilbo and the dwarfs were there on that day, since they did not know when it fell. The luck of Bilbo and the dwarfs seems to push along the plot of The

It is tough to understand why a higher power would be trying to manage this adventure in favor of the dwarfs, just for the dwarfs’ advantage. The dwarfs have never seemed like they have done something remarkably wonderful, that they deserve to earn their home back. The dwarfs’ greed brought the doom of their homeland, and it seems that greed and revenge drive Thorin and company to seize it back. None of these acts are immense shows of morality in the dwarfs, yet it seems that a higher power is trying to aid them succeed. This leads the reader to believe that if the dwarfs obtain their home, it might have a lasting impact on what is to come in the future. That the fate of the future rests on the fact of wining the lonely mountain back. Gandalf said that he thought that Smaug need to be dealt with (Tolkien, “The Quest for Erebor”, 322). It seems that Gandalf feels that if the dragon is not dealt with, consequently something terrible could happen in the future. This feeling of Gandalf and luck playing a central role in the adventure, leads the reader to believe that the succeeds of the Bilbo and the Dwarfs will an effect that is further lasting than just the dwarfs gaining back their