Similarities Between Harry Potter And The Hobbit

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In 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien introduced the world to a boring unadventurous hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins with his novel The Hobbit. Bilbo Baggins does the unpredictable and goes on a journey with Thorin and Company to recover the stolen treasure. Bilbo isn't the only unorthodox mythological hero. Up to the present time it was not long ago that J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone we are introduced to a mettlesome young wizard known as Harry Potter. Harry Potter continues his family legacy and joins other young wizard and witches at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Although, both are like night and day in many ways Bilbo Baggins and Harry Potter are comparable.

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