"My dear Bilbo! he
said. Something is the matter with you! You are not the
hobbit that you were." -Gandolf
I wish I could have read this book before seeing the movies, but as I
watch them all as they were coming out and just read the book for the first
time for this class, I unfortunately cannot change that. Because I had
seen the movies, so much felt like it was missing from this book. I
realize now why there were so many changes made, but I am not sure I would have
done all of them myself.
My favorite part about this book is the protagonist. Bilbo is such
a relatable character. He really just finds himself in the middle of all
of this greatness not really making many choices on his own yet still lucking
out. The entire time he is dreaming of his bed back home. While I
love The Lord of the Rings series, I think that Frodo is more of a savior
archetype which can make him hard to relate to. He saves everyone, by
doing what no one else could before him, and sacrifices almost
everything to fix someone else's mistake. Frodo leaves his story scarred
yet stronger. Bilbo on the other hand
gets thrown into an adventure he didn't sign up for, wants to go home, manages
to mess up the right way every single time, and walks away with a huge secret
that starts the drama in the original series. He leaves his story a
different character, but I wouldn’t call him scarred, just braver. He is a great example to children and adults
of what a real human is: flawed but brave.
He tries his hardest and makes difficult choices, all while fate
throwing him where he needs to go. Bilbo
is a great main character.
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