Sunday September 29, 2013

                         In this amazing book, "The Hobbit"  by J.R.R Tolkien. The main character or protagonist in this book is Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit. The hobbit is a half sized human that lives in  a hole. Not a dirty hole with nothing in it, its a nice and neat hole . Bilbo also loves to smoke pipe, and he only eats simple food. Bilbo doesn't like messes when the thirteen dwarf's.


                           In the beginning of the book, thirteen dwarfs and a wizard knocks on the hobbits door."I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone"- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Ch. 1.Gandalf wants to invite Bilbo on a quest. Bilbo declines and then Gandalf and the thirteen dwarf's appear the next day and they ask him again. The thirteen dwarf's and Gandalf has a feast. Gandalf thinks the hobbit can be used to reclaim the treasure that the smaug dragon had stolen from the dwarf's.  Bilbo and the band of fourteen {Gandalf and the dwarfs} travel there way through the hobbit lands to the mirkwood. On there adventure Bilbo encounters trolls, bad weather, goblins and hunger. "Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them."- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Ch. 2. When Bilbo regains consciousness he finds himself in a tunnel. "He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel"- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, Ch. 5. Bilbo then faces a Gollum. A slimy  creature that eats goblins. When the Gollum found out that Bilbo had the ring, Gollum's favorite possession.  When the hobbit has a chance to kill the  Gollum he turns invisible with the powers of the ring and escapes.

                           In the middle of the book, the hobbit realizes that he has to rescue his friends but found out that they had also escaped. They then race out of the mountains. They are chased by wargs. Big beastly wolves chase all the dwarf's up into the trees. Gandalf then scares the wargs away. Bilbo and the dwarf's cross the enchanted lake through the forest. Bilbo rescues Bombur one of the thirteen dwarf's. Bilbo is captured by spiders but then gets free with the sword he got from the trolls.  After all thirteen dwarf's are captured and thrown into the dungeon. They then escape because of the hobbit. With the powers of his ring he turned invisible and escaped.

                           At the end of the book, they had to encounter the antagonist, the smaug dragon. The hobbit and the thirteen dwarf's see the Smaug dragon sitting on the treasure that he had stole from the dwarf's. Since Gandalf wasn't there the hobbit was like the leader in the group. Bilbo enters the lair and steals the Arkenstone, the precious gem. The smaug dragon then comes out of his lair and destroys the town. Then this fierce archer from the town archers Smaug with a spear and the dragon dies. The battle of five armies - Elves, goblins, and men. Bilbo is then taken to see Thorin who was dying. He is buried in the grave with the Arkenstone.
                      
                             Bilbo is returned at home known as a fierce warrior.  He finds that his home is being auctioned but recovers most of his possessions.