What is the difference between a hobbit, dwarf, and elf? Are there similar features between all of them? In the Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien, there was a hobbit named Bilbo who goes on an adventure with a group of dwarves called Thorin and the Company, where he meets elves, humans, and other creatures. His adventures with the dwarf's leads him to become friends with many of the people he meets like the elves. Bilbo goes on an adventure as a burglar to take back the treasure the dwarf's once had. The adventure would not be easy for there will be a war caused by Bilbo. With the differences and similar characteristics between the dwarves, elves, and Bilbo, together they will defeat the goblins and Wargs to end the Five Armies War and have peace at …show more content…
This resulting to a similarity between them because of their hatred for each other. The difference is the reasons why they hate each other is different. One of the reasons elves hate dwarves was because of their love for gold, but also another reason is that in the past there used to be a rivalry between them. According to the Elvenking at page 155, “ In ancient days they had had wars with some of the dwarves, whom they accused of stealing their treasure. It is only fair to say that the dwarves gave a different account, and said that they only took what was their due, for the elf-king had bargained with them to shape his raw gold and silver, and had afterwards refused to give them their pay.” As a result, the quarrel that had happened in the past made the Elvenking not trust Thorin even though, this was not connected to Thorin’s past because his family was not part of the quarrel. On the other hand, Thorin and the Company did not like elves for a different reason compared to the reasons why elves hate dwarves. They said according to page 47, “ Dwarves don’t get well with them. Even decent enough dwarves like Thorin and his friends think they are foolish (which is a foolish thing to think), or get annoyed with them.” Usually, elves mostly tease dwarves about their beards, making them annoyed. Alike the dwarves, when Bilbo sees elves, he reacts in a positive way because they share the same …show more content…
Some of these traits are, they live in a peaceful life and have wisdom. Hobbits and elves both live in a peaceful lives because both creatures do not go on adventures. In the beginning of the chapters, at page 3, “ … because they never had adventures or did anything unexpected …” Furthermore, this indicates that the hobbits do not go on adventures so they are considered respectable. Like hobbits, elves do not go on adventures too, because they are usually found in the woods singing and eating all day. When Bilbo goes past the valley that the elves live, he finds them eating and singing, this also happens when he goes through Mirkwood to the Wood elf's home, and the last time it happens is when Bilbo goes back home. Elves and hobbits are very wise because even if they do not go on adventures, they have a lot of knowledge about the world considering they are respectable people. According to page 49, Elrond is, “... wise as a wizard,” and the Elf- King is wise enough to suspect that the crew will attempt burglary, according to page 184, “... which shows he was a wise elf ad wiser than the men of the town….” Similarly, hobbits are wise to for they are respectable people, “... they have a fund of wisdom and wise sayings that men have mostly never heard,” from page 66. On the other hand, hobbits have more differences between dwarves than
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Bilbo is happy to visit the elves and have tea with Gandalf, but he is also just as happy to relax in his hobbit-hole and enjoy the comforts of home that he longed for so much on his journey. Bilbo Baggins undergoes a hero’s journey in The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien. He departs from his home, is initiated into a more mature mindset, undergoes a road of trials, goes through his innermost cave, and is returned home and reintegrated into society. Bilbo’s journey is also a quest for self identity, because he realizes his place as “quite a little fellow in a wide world” and learns to balance out his respectable Baggins heritage with his adventurous Took background (Tolkien 363).
As any developing hero does, Bilbo contemplates accepting the Call to Adventure. At the time for the hero, “the problem he faces may seem to much to handle and the comfort of home far more attractive than the perilous road ahead” (Bronzite). Bilbo has adapted to a calm and quiet style of living, and has found content in living in his hobbit hole. He recognizes the possible dangers of the journey and would much rather stay in the comfort of his own home. Thorin explains vague details about the trip and mentions “perhaps all of us may never return” (Tolkien 17). Bilbo is deeply affected by the previous statement as he has never thought about going on an adventure and never returning to his home. Bilbo is awoken by the fact that there are perils in the world that could prevent him from returning home. He reacts by shrieking and falling flat on the floor (Tolkien 17). After hearing Thorin’s comment, he contemplates refusing to go on the journey. Eventually, Bilbo chooses to accept, although he is a bit wary. Continuing through the stages, Bilbo meets with his mentor. He and his mentor Gandalf have met previously, but on different terms. Now Bilbo is meeting Gandalf, the wizard, in comparison to Gandalf, the neighbor. The hero’s mentor is there to “provide the hero with something (physical or mental) which will help the hero move forward in his adventure”
The challenges and scenarios faced by Bilbo are similar to those faced by my grandpa with his immigration from Germany, and Percy in The Lightning Thief, showing how they relate. In life, we deal with many uncertainties and challenges that are often reflected in novels of fiction yet come out stronger with new experiences by
A good adventure can start with the foolishest things planned or not, it's challenges await. Bilbo Baggins is a Hobbit who is one day greeted by a wizard named Gandalf, who invites him on an adventure. Because Hobbits are known for not going on adventures he declined, but once the 12 dwarves came, he was inclined to do so. In The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien uses imagery to assist the reader visualizing the terror Bilbo feels, as he gets over his fear for adventures.
Here is where the differences start to appear. The hobbit refers to something as simple as climbing a tree as an adventure. The prominent business man thinks that spending a weekend away from his wife and family is an adventure. To set forth upon an adventure of any kind a person needs to be free again, both characters define freedom in different ways. Bilbo simply needs to be away from the influence of his friends and family to find out what he really wants for himself and what he wants to do about it. Bilbo finds freedom when he makes the choice to follow the dwarves into the unknown. When Babbitt is finally given freedom when he is able to go camping alone with his friends for a week he is suddenly terrified about what he is going to do with himself. Babbitt’s friends seem to bring out his inner-self when he is finally pulled away from home and on a train going to Maine. Once up in Maine the men say that they are going to “loaf by ourselves and smoke and cuss and be natural';. In other words they are going to be free from the rules imposed on them by their wives, families and the community itself.
Then one day a wizard by the name of Gandalf comes and gives Bilbo the opportunity to go on an adventure. Bilbo turns his offer down, but the next day thirteen dwarves come to his house. They have meals together and they sleep at Bilbo’s house. Gandalf then convinces him to go on an adventure with them. Bilbo is many things, in the beginning he is flat, static, main, and he is the protagonist.
Hobbits do not typically like to be adventurous, and Bilbo is no different. He likes being safe, warm, and supplied with handkerchiefs at all times.
Bilbo assumes that he is an inadequate companion for the adventure, and that idea is apparent as he and the dwarves equally doubt his skills that Gandalf is so confident about. " 'I have chosen Mr. Baggins and that ought to be enough for you...There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. '" (Tolkien 33) The dwarves allow Bilbo to join their company, but they do not completely take Gandalf 's word and have a difficult time becoming accustomed to the hobbit. The party describes him during the journey as being "more trouble than use so far" and wished Gandalf had "chosen someone with more sense" (119). However, once they realize that in spite of how traumatic a situation is for Bilbo, he still finds a way to help them when they can 't defend themselves, and because of that they accept him as a friend and stay loyal to him until the end of the quest and the
Bilbo begins his long journey with the dwarves, who at the time were still skeptical of Bilbo’s abilities. The dwarves didn’t see why they needed such a small incompetent hobbit with them along their journey. Gandalf tells them to stop complaining and to trust that there is more to Bilbo than meets the eye (Tolkien 6). Bilbo soon shows his courage and heroism for the first time in the story when they run into their first obstacle, three large trolls huddled around a campfire. Bilbo, who was once a shy, non-adventurous type, begins to develop into a hero as he tries to steal one of the trolls’ money purses. This is a dramatic scene in the novel because it was Bilbo’s very first act outside his comfort zone. It was this...
Throughout The Hobbit by J.R.R tolkien, themes are portrayed and are necessary for the story line. The three main themes in the novel are the prevalence of greed, how Bilbo changes throughout the story and transforms into a hero and the conflict between good and evil. Greed can change anybody, no matter how heroic or brave they are. In the beginning bilbo is portrayed as quiet hobbit that likes to stay home but that all changes with a knock on the door.
In the novel, it states, “ He loved elves, though he seldom met them; but he was a little frightened too. Dwarves don’t get on well with them.” Both of them had distinctive reactions to the elves. Bilbo loved the elves while the Dwarves think of them as foolish, bothersome folk.
Bilbo doesn’t realize it at first, with the help of Gandalf he sees he has changed. He has become brave and fearless. He has also learned the value of friendship and kindness through his new friends and their journey together which has now forever
The most notable difference between the two is their interaction with dragons. You may think of an elf as a short, spritely little thing with pointy ears, and maybe they even make toys. But the Elves of Alagaesia and Middle Earth are anything but. Humanoid in appearance they are tall, ethereal, and powerful beings.
However, the diversity between the two is not always as spot on as they think, well, at least initially they don’t. They share characteristics such as independence and responsibility but play particular roles throughout life. Other characteristics that both compare and contrast such as innocence is a factor. And, of course, everyone develops differently with their own episodes as a child and then to become of