You are a normal hobbit named Bilbo Baggins that leads a normal life, sipping tea, and living in the Shire, a peaceful place where the hobbits live. Everything changes when 13 dwarves and a wizard whisk you away on the quest to take back the city of Erebor and defeat Smaug, the evil dragon that stole the treasure of the Lonely mountain. This is the plot of the amazing story of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, where Bilbo Baggins uncovers more about himself than he imagined. The book and movie version of the story are both strong in their own way. In my opinion, the book does a better job developing relationships between characters whereas the movie has more interesting subplots.
To begin with, the connections and relationships between characters are stronger in the book than in
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It is very important for the reader to see the characters the way the author wants to see them. If the main character doesn't play a role in the story to help fight the problem, the reader won’t connect with the hero. Friendships and connections between characters creates a bond not only with each other, but with the reader as well. For example, in the book, Thorin says to Bilbo, “Upon my word! Gandalf spoke true, as usual! A pretty fine burglar you make, it seems, when the time comes. I am sure we are all forever at your service” (pg 289). This is important because even though the dwarves, like Thorin, doubted Bilbo’s courage and smarts in the beginning of the story. Throughout the journey, they soon realized that they were wrong about him when Bilbo gave them hope that they could take back Erebor, defeat Smaug, and take back the Arkenstone. Adding on to that, In the book the journey to Erebor is full challenges that bring the dwarves and Bilbo closer as friends and less as just travel partners.“Balin was overjoyed to see the hobbit again, and as