Imagine a world where darkness, corruption, and even monsters live and thrive in a world without heroes. By definition, a hero is a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character. Two such people are Odysseus, from The Odyssey by Homer and Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. While Odysseus had many dangerous journeys and may be a good hero, it is clear that Bilbo Baggins is far more qualified to be a hero.
It is true that Odysseus is a hero because he is smart, helpful, and he perseveres, but he does it for his own personal gain. To begin, Odysseus is smart. According to the text, “I tied my men under their bellies and grabbed hold of the largest ram of all” (Homer 28). One may think that Odysseus is a hero because
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He also does not do anything for his own gain he aids other people get their homes back. To begin, Bildo is smart than Odysseus. According to the movie, Bilbo is smart when he solves all of Gollum's riddles and outsmarts him in the cave to find the way out (Hobbit An Unexpected Journey). This shows that Bilbo is a better hero than Odysseus because he is smart and he solves all the hard riddles and still outsmarts Gollum to find his way out of the cave. So he can find his friends. Furthermore, Bilbo preservers throughout his journey. In the movie, Bilbo preservers in Mirkwood by killing some giant spiders and setting all his friends free (Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug). Some people may believe that being able to preserver doesn’t make a hero, but they should know Bilbo is a better hero because preservers and saves his friends from giant spiders instead of running away while he had the chance. In addition, Bilbo is more sneaky than Odysseus. The movie exemplifies that, Bilbo is sneaky when he tricks the trolls and says they are infected so they won’t it them and it buys them time to escape (Hobbit An Unexpected Journey). This illustrates that Bilbo is a better hero than Odysseus because he is sneaky and he saves his friends from being eaten. Also he thinks swiftly and is very stealth like which comes in handy