In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1977), the main idea is about being brave. As Bilbo Baggins goes on with his adventure, he faces many obstacles. But by being brave, he learns important lessons and becomes a hero. The Hobbit is a novel that consists of adventure, with various events and decisions made. Courage is considered the moral of the story, as throughout the novel readers can see courageousness being pursued. Many characters show acts of courage, that many can easily see from the 1st Chapter onwards. Bilbo and his crew show courage and bravery throughout this novel. Thesis Statement: "The Hobbit demonstrates that courage is necessary to confront fear and adversity for the greater good.” Road Map - "The Road" Bilbo leaves the Shire …show more content…
They are on the journey of hunger, tiredness and despair, through the forest, as they carry the sleeping Bombur. Bilbo climbs a tree to find where the forest ends, but all he sees is the valley where the tops of the surrounding trees meet. They were left with nothing to eat that night. Bilbo and the dwarves notice a sparkle in the woods and head towards the light to find a bunch of elves feasting, who disappear when the dwarves approach. Bilbo faints, he dreams of dinner. He wakes up to discover that he is fastened to the spider web with sticky threads of a giant spider. It is with some effort that he releases himself and kills the spider with his sword. Bilbo tells it, "I will give you a name," he says to it, "and I shall call you Sting" (Tolkien 155). As to relate it to my thesis statement? Somehow, he conquered the giant spider all by himself in the dark without the help of the wizards, dwarves, or anyone else, and this was an enormous difference for him. He felt like a different man, far more ferocious and braver, although he was starving to death, as he wiped his sword on the grass and put it back into its