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Bilbo's Journey In The Hobbit

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The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien is a fictional novel about a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who leaves his comfort zone, forcefully, to go on an unexpected journey with a wizard, Gandalf, the head dwarf, Thorin, and all of his dwarves. Hobbits are known to all as little people who “never had any adventures or did anything unexpected” (Tolkien 2). Bilbo Baggins lived under The Hill; the neighborhood in where he lived consisted of well-to-do hobbits who lived routine lives just like Bilbo. One day the wizard, Gandalf, showed up at Bilbo’s doorstep to invite him on an adventure. Bilbo refused immediately but the next day Gandalf showed up to Bilbo’s house with all of the dwarves and then promptly told Bilbo that he had been elected to be the “burglar” on their adventure. …show more content…

The crew’s only resources included themselves, Gandalf’s map and Thorin’s key to the door of the Lonely Mountain where Smaug lived, and Thror had previously owned. The next day, they began their adventure. Bilbo initially ignored his call to the adventure however his crew basically pushed him out of the door without even time to pack as Gandalf said, “No time for that either! Off you go!” (Tolkien 29). The story then took off when Bilbo went to examine a fire that the dwarves saw in the distance. Bilbo saw three trolls around the fire with money purses around

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