How Characters Change Throughout the Book The Hobbit

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The Hobbit. A story in which an ordinary hobbits becomes the hero (helms), how dwarves change their attitude, and how elves alter their personalities and fight alongside the dwarves. When the book began in the shire, Bilbo Baggins was just a normal hobbit. He did not always have the courage to rage war on five different armies. Bilbo was part took and part Baggins. As a kid he was adventurous and wild. You can thanks the Took for that side. The quiet and polite side came from the Baggins. But as he grew, he changed. He "did not have adventures or do anything unexpected." Although he was known for his preworks (swank). But one day, when Gandalf the grey came for a visit everything changed.
The strange wizard invited himself and thirteen dwarves to Bilbo's quaint home. They, excluding Bilbo, had a merry time. At the conclusion to their visit, the following day, all were gone including the mysterious wizard. He found a note in his house for him to gather with the other 13 dwarves and Gandalf. Bilbo was not keen on the idea.
The took side of him made most of the decision. He was dashing out of his hobbit hole to gather with the company. As the journey began, Bilbo was very out of place. He was a weak, frightened hobbit journeying with headstrong dwarves seeking revenge, and a wondrous wizard seeking answers. The company thought very little of Bilbo as the story began. They wandered why he was a part of this in the first place.
Soon he proved himself. Soon after the company started their journey, they were halted. The company does not come across ordinary creatures, instead trolls (Green). All of the dwarves and Bilbo were caught and about to be eaten by three trolls. This is where Bilbo began finding his own courage and the little...

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