One Goal, Two Journeys-The Hobbit and Rendezvous When reading the “Hobbit” and “Rendezvous”, we can see many similarities and differences between the hero's journeys. Although they share the same goal, to regain the land to its rightful owner, they approached their conflicts and journeys differently. When comparing the two journeys an interesting quote came to mind, "In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike" (Davey Tree). This is similar to the two stories of “The Hobbit” and “Rendezvous”, where Thorin and Mr.Wagamese share the same goal, but, Thorin was more aggressive and worked with a team whereas Mr.Wagamese was calm and worked independently. The major similarity already mentioned was their goal. Thorin and Mr.Wagamese wanted to return the land to its rightful owner. …show more content…
In contrast, Mr.Wagamese went through his journey alone. Thorin was born into royal blood,"Thorin son of Thrain son of Thror, King under the mountain (Tolkien 176)”. For this, he was respected and had many loyal soldiers that travelled with him throughout his journey to help him. “Thereupon the twelve dwarves, not Thorin, he was too important (Tolkien 12)”. This showed that he was very well known among a lot of people and that he was respected a lot. This gave him a lot of people to help him on his journey. It also impacted his journey because he needed to lead, take care of his allies, and fight beside them on multiple occasions. Mr.Wagamese was very simple and taught the humans their lessons and faced his conflicts independently. This impacted his journey because throughout his explanations he faced many arguments between the people. If he had worked with a team he could have controlled the crowd and solved conflicts