Excerpt From The Hobbit
In the excerpt from the Hobbit, the author, J.R.R., uses descriptive language to describe the setting and mood. This quote helps us form our claim by showing mood and setting, “He nibbled a bit of sorrel, and he drank from a small mountain stream that crossed the path, and he ate three wild strawberries that he found on its bank, but it was not much good.” This supports our claim by presenting that he was stuck in the wilderness without the resources he would normally use. The character scrounge up some last resort items , but it was not tasteful compared to the diet he is used to. This quote showed his mood about what was going on was not exceptional enough for his standards. Another example is, “The bushes, and the long grasses between