The Hobbit Hero Analysis

It 's A Bird... It 's A Plane... Is it Bilbo Baggins? This saying is typically finished with Superman, the tall, handsome, muscular man from Krypton that is always willing to face ultimate danger if it means saving the innocent bystander. Superman is a hero, but can the same be said about Bilbo Baggins, the short, curly-haired, and pudgy hobbit from Hobbit town? Can Bilbo be considered a hero and if so what type of hero is he? It 's clear that Bilbo does not fit into the typical hero mold like Beowulf, Superman or even Thorin Oakenshield; however, in The Hobbit, Bilbo does many different things that could classify him as a hero but, there are many different types of heroes.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit. A creature that does not exist in the real world. J.R.R

Tolkien gives a wonderful description of a hobbit that allows the reader to imagine how Bilbo would look. What is a hobbit?... They are (or were) a little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded Dwarves. Hobbits have no beards. There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary everyday sort which helps them to

A reluctant or unwilling hero is someone who has to be forced into going on the journey from an outside force. Some would say that Gandalf is the thing that makes Bilbo go on the adventure. The Dwarves, or better known as Thorin and Co, left a contract for Bilbo to sign. He was there at home when the dwarves had already left. Up jumped Bilbo, and putting on his dressing-gown went into the dining-room. There he saw nobody, but all the signs of a large and hurried breakfast (Tolkien 27). Bilbo did not initially want to go on the adventure but Gandalf Pushes him out the door. To the end of his days, Bilbo could never remember how he found himself outside, without a hat, walking-stick or say money or anything that he usually took when he went out (Tolkien