Wednesday, March 5, 2014

The Hobbit

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is about a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins and how he went on an adventure for the first time in his life. The journey begins when a wizard named Gandalf showed up on Bilbo’s door and left a sign on his door.  When the sigh was left on Bilbo’s door 13 dwarves showed up to his house and said that Bilbo will help them gain entrance to the mountain so that they may defeat the might dragon Smaug and reclaim the Dwarven treasure which Smaug stole so many years ago.

Bilbo will go with the thirteen Dwarves through Rivendell, across the Misty Mountains, and through Mirkwood to the Lonely Mountain where they will find the treasure they are looking for. Bilbo’s job was to find a way in the deep Misty Mountains the darkest places in the world. Bilbo discovers a mysterious ring within the darkness of the mountain. But before he can claim this treasure as his own, he meets a dark creature that lives within the mountains, the dark creature is a miserable, pitiful creature named Gollum, when Bilbo became invisible by wearing the ring on his finger, and he has an opportunity to murder Gollum. He doesn't, however he left Gollum alone and went on so the quest can continue.  In the end, Bilbo finally faces the worst of his fears, conquers them, and confronts the deadly dragon Smaug, deep in the bowels of the Lonely Mountains. The theme of the story is if you overcome your fears, you can achieve almost anything in life. When Bilbo finally gets over his fears of adventures, and danger he is able to complete the mission with his other companions.

The messages that the author is telling us, is don’t let your fears get in the way of what you want to do or be in life.  The author uses characters that appear only in fairy tales, yet gives them a personality that shows the state or quality of being fully grown or developed. I would most curtain highly recommend this book for children of all ages as well as adults. It has a certain appeal that makes the reader want to continue reading the book all day.

 
Book Review by Ramla U.

1 comment:

  1. I totally agree with you! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves adventure and timeless classics. This fantasy book is the perfect read! I recommend this book for all ages. This is a great read! This just pulls you in and you just can't put the book down. The characters are well developed and this powerful read. This action-packed adventure is a very enjoyable thing to read. This person did a very good job on describing this book. I love this book because you really feel like you are in the book and you can really relate. The characters have a brought to life through the brilliant eyes of J. R. R. Tolkien and presented through the beautiful pages of The Hobbit.

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