Examples Of Courage In The Hobbit

Gandalf

By: Cassidy boynton#3

“ True courage is about knowing when to take a life and when to spear one.” In the fantasy novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, an interesting character in the book was Gandalf. Gandalf was a very interesting character because of his character traits. An example of the character traits that Gandalf had are that he has courage, he is caring, and most of all he is very wise.

“ Courage is the best defense that you have now.” Gandalf has courage because when he was choosing Bilbo baggins for his bugler he saw something in Bilbo which gave him the courage to choose Bilbo as his bugler. Another way Gandalf shows his courage is when he gives the map to the dwarves out of courage and trust but he has courage in them by him giving him the other part of the map that they will find the lonely mountain and get the gold back. So throughout the book Gandalf shows his courage in many ways, it may have been in big gestures like when he gave the dwarves the map or it would be in small gestures like when he choose Bilbo to be the bugler, but in many ways he shows courage throughout the book The Hobbit.

“ Some believe that it is only great power that can hold evil in check!

But that is what i’ve found. I found it is the small things. Every day deeds by ordinary folk that keeps darkness at bay.” Gandalf is very caring because he believes that being nice to someone can either make their day much better or even just doing something nice to someone that it can impact their day and make them fall better. Some ways that he shows this is when he has a group of dwarves have steel the gold from smaug and to get to the lonely mountain, instead of having a group of elves the the journey. Another way that he shows that he is caring is when Bilbo was coming back from the lonely mountain he set up transportation for him so he could get back safely. In the book Gandalf demonstrates that he is caring in many different ways many

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“So do all that see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” In the book The Hobbit Gandalf plays a very wise character. He knows what is good and what is bad or who to trust and who not to trust. An example in the book is when Gandalf, Bilbo, and the dwarves were being chased by the orgs, when they got surrounded by the orgs Thorin wanted to fight them off but Gandalf found a underground cave nearby that they could go into so they wouldn’t be killed. So what his action said when he choose to go into the cave instead of just fighting them off is that he always finds the alternative way to do things or the safer way to do things. Throughout the entire book Gandalf shows that he is wise in many different ways, may it be a different way to do things or just a few words to inspire to person he shows he is wise in many ways.

Gandalf is a courageous, brave, and wise character in the book The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. I think that the most important character trait that Gandalf has is that he is brave because Gandalf is a Magical wizard and if Gandalf wasn’t brave then would would he be scared to use his powers? I guess we will never know because Gandalf is the polar opposite of scared because he fought right alongside the dwarves to get to the lonely mountain to the gold back. But overall without any of these character traits Gandalf would not be the beloved Gandalf we all know and love.