Bilbo's Weakness In The Hobbit

There are a lot of characters in the Hobbit. Most if not all of them
have some sort of weakness. Either a mental weakness, or physical
weakness. For example characters like the Elvenking ,Bombur, and
Thorin have a weakness and many others do too. But this essay will be
focused on the weaknesses of these three characters Bilbo,Gollum and
Smaug. With that said lets state the weaknesses of Bilbo first.

Some weaknesses of Bilbo are that he doesn't know how to swim,he did
not have courage at first and was very inexperienced. In the first
couple of chapter Bilbo was very naïve. He did not want to face his
problems head on. This is evident when the dwarves start to come in
his house he did nothing to stop them from coming in. Also when
dealing

with the trolls he had accidentally given away his friends
positions. Which compared to the others that was a rookie mistake.In
chapter five he had said that he did not know how to swim before he
ran into Gollum.

How did he get over his weaknesses of being inexperienced and not
having courage? This did not happen over night. But over time he had
experience things such as having to confront the dragon, or him facing
the spiders, or him dealing with the side affects of the ring helped
him grow experience through out the journey. As for his problem with
swimming he never really overcomes that weakness. Because he never had
time to learn how to swim because he was always on the move with his
companions. Plus when he had gotten home there really was no point in
learning how to swim.

Some weaknesses of Gollum is that he was obsessed with the ring, and
he doesn't think out plans. This is evident to when he was freaking
out when he lost the ring. Also he was very motivated to find it know
matter how hard. He also had become so crazed from the ring that he
had begun talking to himself, and saying Gollum in third person. He
had also named the ring " my precious" because he was so obsessed with
the ring.As for his weakness of planning this is evident when he had
thought about eating him. How was he going to get him when Bilbo had a
sword while Gollum had nothing to strike with.

How did Gollum get over his weakness? He didn't. For the rest of the
book he was still never got over the ring which is evident in the Lord
of the Ring books.

Gollum never really got over his bad planing
either. As evident in Lord of the Ring he is still the same old
Gollum.
Overall Gollum has not changed at all.

Some weaknesses of Smaug are that he has a soft on his chest area,
and he is too curious for his own good.This is evident when bilbo
comments on the large hollow patch on the left side of his chest.
Another example is when he was killed by getting hit with a arrow in
the hollow patch. Evidence that he is too curious is when instead of
burning Bilbo and his companions. He knew where he was because he
could smell and hear him. He asked for his name and had a conversation
with him and even laughed at Bilbo. He also gave Bilbo time to come
back take more treasure.

How does Smaug overcome his weaknesses? He does not. He was created
with the soft spot so there was nothing he could do about. Because of
this weakness he had died a gruesome death. How did he not get over
his weakness of curiosity. He did not because he died before he could
even correct his errors. Plus if it was not for his curiosity he could
have killed Bilbo and his companions and lived for another 100 years.

Like I had said at the introduction of my essay I had said "this

essay
will be focused on the weaknesses of these three characters
Bilbo,Gollum and Smaug". Bilbo's weaknesses were that he could not
swim and he did not have a lot a courage. Gollum's weaknesses were
that he was obsessed with the ring, and he never thought out his
plans. Smaug's weaknesses were that he was too curious for his own
good, and he had a large hollow patch on the left side of his chest.
Bilbo was one of the only ones that had gotten over at least one of
his weaknesses. Why? Because he was the only one that had changed over
the story of the book.