The Hobbit Research Paper

Logan Trimble

Range

English 4

5 November 2014

The life of J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien was a very interesting man. By looking at the Hobbit, one can see that J. R. R. Tolkien Included these themes World War II, heroism, race, and ancient epic literature which is important because he lived these themes as he lived his life as a boy to a man and loved what he did. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa to Mabel and Arthur Tolkien. Tolkien’s father died when he was only 4 years old but that didn’t stop Tolkien (www.bio.com). His mother took quite an initiative in Tolkien’s Development. After a few years Mabel died of diabetes mellitus type 1. After her death he attended King Edward’s School and formed a secret

The Hobbit and lord of the rings were an attempt to construct a body of myth. Their success caught him off guard. He spent years rejecting, criticizing and shredding adaptations of his work that he didn’t believe captured its epic scope and noble purpose. He was also utterly skeptical of most LOTR fans. He thought these people didn’t appreciate his writings and work (mentalfloss.com). He retired in 1973 and started his career in 1959. During this time, he received his greatest fame. He became so famous he and his wife had to move to the upper-class (collegecrunch.com). In Tolkien’s the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins lives a quiet, peace life in his comfortable hole at Bag End. Bilbo is a hobbit which is small people with furry feet. He lives near the busting village of Hobbiton. When Gandalf arrived everything changed for Bilbo. He was sent on a quest with thirteen dwarves to get there treasure back. Bilbo’s role in this quest is the burglar. Shortly after the group set out three hungry trolls capture all of them. Gandalf tricks the trolls to stay outside so the sun turned them in to stone. Gandalf and the lord Thorin take magic swords while Bilbo takes his own

They find shelter in a cave during a snowstorm. A group of goblins in the cave capture them as prisoners. Gandalf saves them and leads the dwarves to a passage out of the mountain and they accidentally leave Bilbo behind. Wandering the tunnels Bilbo finds a ring and decided to take it. He then encounters Gollum who lives in a pool in the caverns. Gollum wants to eat Bilbo but Bilbo said they should have a contest of riddles. Bilbo wins of course and Gollum disappears to fetch his magic ring which turns the wearer to invisible. Bilbo uses the ring to escape from Gollum. Bilbo and the dwarves final are back together and are chased by evil wolves known as Wargs. Bilbo and his comrades are helped to safety by one of the landers from lake wood. The company enters the dark forest of mirkwood, and making matters worse, Gandalf abandons them to see to some other urgent business. After slaying spiders, Bilbo names his sword sting. After they escape from the spiders they are captured again by wood elves. Bilbo uses his ring to help the company escape from the