Outline For The Hobbit

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Thesis: In the novel The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien projects his subconscious, either willingly or on purpose, to develop the basis on which he builds the foundation of the hobbit and may other books he has written.

TS: Tolkien’s subconscious shines in the many characters he implements into his novels, he possess the ability able to create names out of thin air all wile able to base those characters on real people such as himself or those around him.

FB:
Ex1:Tolkien has been viewed himself as the type of people he writes as seen whe tolkien himself was quoted saying "I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees and non mechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like good plain food (unrefrigerated), but detest French cooking; …show more content…

There he saw mountains, up close, for the first time.”(armstrong, 2003, p.2) this inspired Tolkien to write about the star striking view of the swiss alps and translate it into his own world of fiction.

Ex2: The novel illuminates this when bilbo also sees a mountain for the first time “The lonely Mountain! Bilbo had come through many adventures to see it, and now he did not like the look of it at all, even from a distance”(Tolkien, 1966, p. 189) bilbo does not like the view as it was because he is a small being used to the pleasant green shire and now he sees an enormous mountain cursed by a mighty dragon and any one would not enjoy the sight of a cursed mountain.

TB:
Ex1: Wile some specific locations have been based on their real world equivalent, there is more than just middle earth in the hobbit and Tolkien was interviewed ”When asked what was east of Rhun and south of Harad, Tolkien continued, "Rhun is the Elvish word for east. Asia, China, Japan, and all the things which people in the West regard as far away. And south of Harad is Africa, the hot countries." The reporter probed, "That makes Middle-earth Europe, doesn't it?" Tolkien answered, "Yes, of course — Northwestern Europe ... where my imagination comes from." (He later denied that he had said this.)”(armstrong, 2003,

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