The Hobbit Themes

Once upon a time, in land far, far away (Middle Earth) in a hole in the ground there lived a little creature that I like to call "a hobbit". This is my take on the first line in a book written by a man who goes by the nickname of J.R.R. Tolkien. This particular, author not just wrote fantasies, but he included themes throughout his very own life and blended them all together in his books.

Although there were very many different themes that Tolkien incorporated into his life, that I could talk about. However, today I am only going to talk about two of those themes.

The themes two in which I chose to do are, first off, the battle between Good vs. Evil. The second theme that I chose to do is the Importance of friendship.

First off, the battle between good vs. evil existed all throughout Tolkien's lifetime. For example, when Tolkien went to World War I, had thought that it would some sort of glory ride with man against man fighting to the death. However when he got there, he experienced what people today call the "Maximum Gun". This meant that one side(in this case Tolkiens side) had no kind (machine or regular) kind of gun, while the other side did. He basically watched all but one of his friends die over a stupid little piece of land.

This part is where the goblins, (the side with all of the modern technology/torture methods), went up against the dwarfs (the side with basically nothing but swords). As the goblins were described, while they were jumping out and capturing the dwarfs,in the chapter"Over and under the Hill". "Out jumped the goblins, big goblins, great ugly-looking goblins, lots of goblins, before you could say rocks and blocks. There were six to each dwarf, at least, and two even for Bilbo; and they were all grabbed and carried through the crack, before you could say tinder and