Steriotypes In The Hobbit By Jr Tolkein

The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkein is a fantisy novel that explores the message of steriotypes. Through characters such as dragons,elves,goblins and a hobbit Tolkein uses their similarities and differences to convay that people cant be defined by steriotypes.The novel uses the mystical journey of 13 dwarfs and a hobbit to show how people can change and defy steriotypes through their own experiences and adventures.The elemnt of setting created defined good and evil settlements, this allowed characters to have a journey where they could learn and develop. Three examples of deifing steriotypes are Biblo a young Hobbit who discovers his courage and defies his respectable timid nature, Thorin who was thought to be "king under the mountain" was united by

Throught his travvels he learnt from role models and experiences. Firstly, as Bilbo and his expidition travelled torward erabore they ran into a misterious campfire, His expedition was very quickly cought as they travveled torward the campfire but still Bilbo remained. This was untill gandelf, a wizard appeared. He yelled in a great goblin voice and started an arguement about when the dwarfs should be roasted. From this arguement the sun slowly rose instantly tuning them to stone. From this experience Bilbo leanr that you can never underestimate the inteliigence, and the striotypes that say strength is everything are missleaading. Bilbo also learnt and developed through his own experiences, one of those moments was in the misty mountain. Biblo Baggins was assined as the Burgler at the begining of his expidition, his job was to simply find any weakness of the dragon as everything had to have a weakness.Then as Bilbo was creaping out into Smaugs layer he was smelt by the 'sleeping smaug' soon smaug told biblo that the dwarfs were untrustworth and began thinking this was an easy meal. Since smaug underestimated Bibo it allowed him to swiftly escape with his life. This specific moment taught Bilbo and readers that even though you may be stronger or superior to you opponent you must stay viggilant

Throught Bards life he was a quiet, timid bargeman who shipped barrels to laketown. This was untill the dragon smaug was awoken. The brarrel rider (Biblo) has unleashed a wrath on leaktown who rides barrels down and up the stream, Biblo did find a weakspot on smaugs left breast using a thrush Bard was told about this before the great dragon smaug burnt the entire city too ash. During the last stand of laketown bard and a small group of archers stood at their posts, Bard knew this was his only change at revenge so he drew his large yew bow and fires on arrow, the black arrow at smaug. The arrow his smaug in hte hollow of his leaf breast instantly throuwing him into the water. This shows that even a dragon as strong and powerfull as smaug can be defeated if he is overconfident about his abilities. Throught the novel the elemnts of characted, setting and plot ilistrate a diverse story where the message and problem of sterioypes can be easly