The Hobbit Themes

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is an exciting story about a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins that goes on an adventure with Gandalf and dwarves. Throughout their journey they face many obstacles and challenges. One theme in the story is, “Bravery can come in many shapes and sizes.” Another theme in the story can be, “Sometimes it is good to try new things.” These themes are shown throughout the story as Bilbo shows acts of bravery. The theme, “Bravery can come in many shapes and sizes,” is shown when Bilbo was lost in a dark forest and was being attacked by a giant spider. Bilbo ends up killing the spider. For example on page 156 the text says, “Somehow the killing of a giant spider all alone by himself in the dark without the help of the dwarves or of anyone else, made a great difference to Mr. Baggins.” This is an example of Bilbo being brave because he could have ran or hid from the spider. Instead he took the chance of being killed and went closer to the spider and stabbed it with his knife. This was

So, when Gandalf and the dwarves came to his house he didn’t really want them bothering him. He also didn’t really want any adventures, like the text says on page 9, ”He did not understand, and did not want to, for they sounded much to adventurous.” Later on page 15 it says, “Then something Tookish woke up inside of him, and he wished to see the mountains.” This is showing that Bilbo wants to explore, but at the same time it shows that he doesn’t really want to. At the end of the book, it describes how different Bilbo is and how going on the journey changed him. A few years later Gandalf and Balin visit Bilbo and Bilbo says, ”Come in! Come in!” when they arrive. This shows that Bilbo is more welcoming than he was at the beginning. Bilbo tried going on an adventure and ended up having a better