The Hobbir

A detailed Summary of The Hobbir

I will talk about the plot and character development, setting, and my opinions in the following paragraphs.

Bilbo is the main character and protagonist of this book. He is a hobbit who lives in the shire and dislikes adventures. I personally like him. He's very likeable. Smog is probably the main antagonist. He's a huge fire breathing, jewel encrusted, beast that lives in a giant cavern. There are other antagonists in the book also, smog is just one of them. Others include: the trolls, Gollem, and to some degree the elves. The biggest type of conflict in the hobbit is Man vs. Man (if you consider hobbits and dragons in that category. If not Creature vs. Creature J). The entire plot can be summed up into a few sentences. Basically the dwarfs ask Bilbo to come and help them on their quest to kill smog, he reluctantly agrees. Along their trip there is numerous squabbles and fights, one fight with Gollem Bilbo gets the magical ring. They go and kill Smog (with the help of Bilbo's ring) then go on to fight a war. Bilbo returns home with a great deal of treasure and the book ends.

There are so many characters in the story that its hard to follow and know all of them in great detail (There

The story occurs in the imaginary Middle-earth created by JRR himself; it is perfect for this book because creatures that are found throughout (e.g., goblins and dwarves) do not exist in our world. Since the story happens in many places over Middle-earth the author gives an in-depth description only in places where important things happen (Smogs' lair would be an example: "...all sorts of valuables lay in the giant lair. From beautifully made gold statues to cloaks of jewels."). In other places he gives a more general description (in the elven woods: "The trees loomed..."). Most places make you picture what it must look like in your head; the author uses really good words and gives good descriptions.

A really good example of an action is when Thorin blocked the Gate in the mountain that shows you that the treasure is important to Thorin and he rather die than lose it. The author also gives small notes throughout the books like: "You are familiar with Thorin's style on important occasions..." (Page 210) the author talks to you and helps you understand the text. Each character has a physical description. The length and depth of the description is based on how important the character is in the book. The hobbits have very long descriptions in the story (especially in the introduction) and the Elvenking has fewer descriptions, as he isn't as important. The more important characters get an emotional description as well, but its sort of hard to find and understand. The example I gave before about Bilbo not rushing into things is

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Character Development, Gollem Bilbo, Plot Bilbo, Author's Purpose, JRR Tolkein, page 210, kill smog, thorin's style, main character, character development,

Approximate Word count = 1034
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English