JRR Tolkien, illustrated the never-ending struggle between good and evil. Bilbo Baggins, the main character and hero of The Hobbit, encountered many different evils on his journey. Although the evils were as varied in intent as they were in name and appearance, they all had one thing in common. They were dark forces in a world in which good always fought to win for the good of the land and for the good of its inhabitants. Bilbo fought all of these enemies using varying techniques, skills, and wisdom
An epic, based on a quest, is a hero or heroic group in pursuit of a goal. The quest takes them far from home, but on the way the hero has to overcome a great challenge. One epic we talked about in class was Beowulf. One of the challenges Beowulf has to overcome is defeating Grendel at Heorot. Just like in Beowulf, Bilbo Baggins also overcomes many challenges on his quest. Although at first, Bilbo doesn’t really seem like the type to be heroic at all. Bilbo is a hobbit and hobbits don’t like adventure
dwarf, an elf, what about a wizard? In The Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Ring Bilbo left to go stay with the elves on the way he gave a ring to Frodo. He didn’t know how important it is, and didn’t accept its importance until the Fellowship was arguing about it. In the movie The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Frodo Baggins goes through an epic journey and he shows what it means to be an epic hero through his tragic flaw, gullibility and foolishness. A couple of hero’s journey stages
The first theme in The Hobbit is greediness. This can relate to my life with my greed for some of my favorite foods. Whenever I receive some of my favorite foods that I love, I become possessive and don’t want to share with anyone including my own sister. This is just like Gollum and the ring. This theme can relate to society because of money. Money has been influential part in everyone’s life. It has shaped the structure of the United States and the world. If someone has lot of money, they may decide