Bilbo's Transformation In The Hobbit
“You are not the hobbit you once were “, shapes the transformation of the protagonist Bilbo Baggins. In the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien, Bilbo Baggins character grows throughout the novel “The Hobbit”. In the beginning he is a shy, peaceful and self-absorbed hobbit who stayed nowhere but his hobbit hole, that also loves routine, then he has an unexpected surprise visit by a wizard named Gandalf who offers Bilbo a chance to go on an adventure. Bilbo ends up saving the party from many dangerous situations at first he finds hard to believe. Bilbo has no idea what’s ahead of him, however, the end of this novel Bilbo is a brave warrior whose eyes have been opened to the world outside of the Shire, a homeland of the hobbits. At the end of this story, Bilbo is a changed hobbit. Therefore I agree with the quote from Gandalf “You are not the hobbit you once were”.
Bilbo lives in the shire, in a very comfortable hole in the ground. Bilbo loves his routine and does not like change, he loves to keep everything in order and loves his comfort, Bilbo also hates adventures, “We don’t want any adventures here, thank you”. Hobbits are shy, self-absorbed little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves. There is little or no …show more content…
Bilbo was sent by the dwarves to investigate a strange fire in the forest, quietly. When he reached the fire, he saw it was three very large persons sitting around a very large fire of beech-logs, they were trolls. At this point Bilbo had the chance to have gone back quietly and warned his friends about the trolls but he felt the need to do a bit of good quick burgling to impress the dwarves. “He wished himself a hundred miles away-yet somehow he could not go straight back to Thorin and Company emptyhanded.” But not all ended well for poor Mr. Baggins’ as it took Gandalf to save Bilbo and the dwarves from the
Bilbo lives in the shire, in a very comfortable hole in the ground. Bilbo loves his routine and does not like change, he loves to keep everything in order and loves his comfort, Bilbo also hates adventures, “We don’t want any adventures here, thank you”. Hobbits are shy, self-absorbed little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves. There is little or no …show more content…
Bilbo was sent by the dwarves to investigate a strange fire in the forest, quietly. When he reached the fire, he saw it was three very large persons sitting around a very large fire of beech-logs, they were trolls. At this point Bilbo had the chance to have gone back quietly and warned his friends about the trolls but he felt the need to do a bit of good quick burgling to impress the dwarves. “He wished himself a hundred miles away-yet somehow he could not go straight back to Thorin and Company emptyhanded.” But not all ended well for poor Mr. Baggins’ as it took Gandalf to save Bilbo and the dwarves from the