What Ring Is The Ordinary Ring In The Hobbit

“His hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel.” (68) The person picking up the ring may not know it yet, but it is more than just an ordinary ring. The Hobbit by J.R.R.Tolkien is a story of adventure and one person finding his fortune and courage through a series of events and experiences, as well as a tiny magic ring. The story follows Bilbo Baggins, a respectable hobbit in a party of adventurous dwarves, from his home at Bag-End to the tunnels of the Misty Mountains where Bilbo finds a “golden ring” from a dark, twisted creature named Gollum, and through to the Lonely Mountain as the company plans to reclaim the lost dwarf kingdom by killing the drake inhabiting it, eventually leading to the battle over the dwarf kingdom’s riches and his return to his Hobbit-hole. Along for this adventure comes the ring that Bilbo finds. This seemingly innocent, innocuous object influences the greatest and best of people, to the point of coveting it, and killing whomever steals it, like Gollum tried to do with Bilbo. There is much to learn much about the ring as the storyline progresses, which leads to the question of whether the ring is evil in this novel, as revealed later in the Lord of the Rings series, or just an ordinary magic ring. Tolkien uses subtle hints and dialogue in The Hobbit to

Gollum is talking to himself, calling himself “my precious” as he has, the narrator tells the reader, always called himself, or at least has since he lost his name. He has just lost the riddle game. He plans to go back to the island and retrieve his magic ring, as it has the power to make him invisible, planning to sneak up on Bilbo and kill him, as Bilbo won’t be able to see him coming. After a short period of waiting, Bilbo hears wails that form words coming from the island in the center of the dark