The Hobbit: Differences Between Book And Movie

Have you ever seen or read the Hobbit? The Hobbit is about a hobbit named Bilbo that has to go on an adventure with dwarves and a wizard named Gandalf to reclaim the dwarve's mountain. Both the film and book versions are very popular. The main components in both versions that I will be looking at are the plot, setting, and the characters. Both of the versions add on and take away parts of these components. To understand the differences between the film and book versions of the Hobbit, it is necessary to take a closer look at the setting, plot, and characters. Both versions of the Hobbit have a lot of similarities when it comes to characters but there are still some differences. The movie adds a character named Radagast. He plays a decent role in it but is only mentioned in the book. In one of the scenes, Radagast is riding through the forest to

The book describes the surroundings while the movie shows the landscape and the setting. The first description of setting in the book was when the narrator was describing the time and what the inside of Bilbo's house looked like. "The dark came into the room from the little window that opened in the side of the Hill; the firelight flickered-it was April-and still they played on, while the shadow of Gandalf's beard wagged against the wall"(Tolkien 13). The film version also looked like it took place in April and there was a scene in Bilbo's home that was the same as the one described in the book. Another similarity is that both versions had the lake town. Both versions describe lake town very well. In the movie, there is a scene where smaug is flying over and burning the town down. It shows how huge and tall the building are in that town. (Peter Jackson). From what I know, there are no differences in the setting of the Hobbit. Both of the Hobbit versions are very similar when it comes to the