The Connection Between Place And Identity In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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The film landscape that I have chosen to analyze for this research assignment is Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. I decided to choose this film landscape to analyze the relationship between place and identity, mainly because the characters have such a strong connection to where they are from. Because of the strong connection it makes it somewhat easier to identify the specific elements and explain them thoroughly. I have made a decision to focus in on a few specific examples of characters, people, and their relation to specific environments. To be more specific I have chosen the Dwarves, the Elves, The Hobbits, and finally the Wizards. The first example I have chosen is the Dwarves and their connection to where they are …show more content…

After reviewing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey By Peter Jackson, I have learned that although each of the species/characters visually appear to coincide with the place where they ‘belong’, they also have other attributes, which add to that as well. The characters have a deeply rooted connection to their landscape. We see this through the various ways in which they walk, talk, see the world, and build up the humanistic landscape. By changing the landscape they also change the way they interact with the landscape. For example, the Dwarves, and their mining under the mountain changes the way they interact with the land. They changed the way the land was used so that they could build a lifestyle off of the mountain. Therefore their villages were not only close to the mountain they were also quite rich. In conclusion The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, is in my personal opinion, the most connected film to the place and landscape environment. I believe this because J.R.R. Tolkien created a world, so inclusive and real that readers are engulfed in the story. He created a world then made his characters seem as if they really came from there. (Fimi, D. 2009) He made them real, so when it came time for Peter Jackson to portray this world and these characters on

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