Bilbo's Heroism In The Hobbit

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“In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole, with nothing to sit down on or eat: it was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort.” It is with these lines that the great English classic “The Hobbit” begins. Comfort is what Bilbo loved, and, if all went according to plan, he would live in that very comfort all of his days. However, as is usually the case, things are not always as they seem. His habits of comfortable quietude became an incredible adventure of fortitude, with the arrival of a certain unexpected stranger, set to change Bilbo’s life for the better. Any sensible person who has read the novel would agree that the adventure brings out something different in the small hobbit. However, disagreement is exposed when the subject of heroism is brought onto the table. Bilbo Baggins, a sweet …show more content…
An American novelist, William Faulkner once wrote “You cannot swim for new horizons, until you lose sight of the shore”, or in Bilbo’s case, the shire. The elderly hobbit went from comfortable to courageous literally overnight. It all began, of course, with stepping over the threshold of his circular door, and embarking on a voyage that would change his life forever. Shortly after that thrill, he encountered hunger, thirst, exhaustion, pain, trolls, goblins, spiders, and finally, a dragon of colossal proportions inside of a mountain filled with gold. And, after all of that excitement, this brave little gentleman had the guts and resolution to speak to the dragon, steal its most valuable possession, and escape with his friends, victorious and a changed man. In the life of the average young adult, courage is made up of speaking to a class of other young adults, not to speak of a dragon. Bilbo’s courage, unexplainable though it appears, gives him the clear and admirable presence of a true

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Bilbo's Journey In The Hobbit

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Characteristics Of Bilbo In The Hobbit

A hero is usually a literary work’s most attractive feature. In J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” Bilbo is, despite appearances, the ambitious hero to whom the reader is almost instantly endeared. Bilbo goes through various obstacles which develops him into an ambitious hero. He faces a number of situations that bring him out of his comfort zone. The adventure reveals Bilbo’s inner strength through his actions and the risks that Bilbo takes earns him the respect he deserves. Bilbo Baggins heroic nature…

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Bilbo Baggins Character Analysis

Bilbo Baggins is a Hobbit at approximately fifty years of age. He is a wealthy hobbit who is not known to have any adventures whatsoever and at the begging of the novel he is as ordinary as they come in Hobbiton. When Gandalf finds him he is very reluctant to leave is warm hobbit-hole and it takes a spell of his Tookish side to accept the role of burglar in hopes that he can have an adventure like the ones in songs of the dwarves. Still divided on his decision to leave the shire, Bilbo departs with…

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the hobbit Essay

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, is a fantasy novel and children's book by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for theCarnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in children's literature. Set in a time "Between the Dawn of Færie and theDominion of Men",[1] The Hobbit follows the quest of home-loving hobbit Bilbo…

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Who Is Bilbo Baggins A Hero

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Examples Of Bilbo's Transformation In The Hobbit

“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit... It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort,” and so begins The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins, who most definitely should be considered a hero, is by far the most underrated hero in any novel or film. There are several reasons backing up this presumption. Throughout the novel, The Hobbit, there is a transformation that is seen in the character of Bilbo Baggins. While the transformation is quite drastic it becomes clear how and why Bilbo changes. The transformation…

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