The next day somebody knocks on Bilbo’s door, he opens and there stands a dwarf. He introduces himself as Dwalin and entres Bilbo’s home as he was expected. After a while it knocks again and there is another dwarf. He introduces himself just like the first dwarf, Balin was his name. That afternoon a total number of 12 dwarfs came knocking on Bilbo’s door. In addition Thorin and Gandalf also came knocking on the door, entering the house, and acting like they were at home. As any hobbit Bilbo hosted his company good. Gandalf persuaded Bilbo to join him, Thorin and the dwarfs on an adventure filled with exitement and danger. Bilbo, Gandalf, Thorin and the other dwarfs Dwalin, Balin, Kili, Fili, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Bafur and Bombur sets off for the adventure.
Bilbo’s part in the journey is to be a burgler, his job is to trick, sneak, steal and break in to places.
The real goal with their quest is to defeat the evil dragon Smaug the magnificent, retrieve the lost dwarwen castle and to collect the gold and treasures Smaug protects. On their journey they meet goblins, orcs, trolls, elves and the mysterius creature Gollum. They travel over hills, mountains and rivers to achive their goal.
What is a hobbit?
They are small people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarfs. They have no beard. There is no magic about them, exept the ordinary everyday sort wich helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid people like you and me come blundering along making noises like elephants wich they can hear a mile off. A hobbit has a large stomach. They dress in bright colours, mostly green and yellow. They wear no shoes, because their feet grow leathery soles and thick brown curly hair like they have on their heads.
Bilbo Baggins
Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit. But there was something not entirely hobbitlike about him. Without knowing it Bilbo had the hunger for adventure in his blood. His mother was the famous Belladonna Took, one of the three daughters of old Took, head of the hobbits who lived across the water. The other families often said that long ago one of the Took ancestors must have married a fairy. Off course that was not true. But all the members of the Took-clan would at some time in their life go out on an adventure. They discreetly disappeared, and the family hushed it up. The Tooks were not as respectable as the Bagginses, although they were much richer. Bungo Baggins was Bilbo’s father. He built the most luxurious hobbit hole for him and Belladonna and there they ramained to the end of their days.
Gandalf the grey
Gandalf was a wise wizard, and a powerful one. But apart from that, we never really get to know what he is. He is not an elf, not human and defently not a hobbit. He has a tall pointet blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over his long white beard that hung down below his waist, and immense black boots.
Gollum
Gollum was once a creature not unlike a hobbit. He was part of a river-tribe when he found the magical ring of power. The ring casted its spell upon him, and empilfied his vicious sides. His real name was Smeagol, but along the years, as his evil sides grew stronger, his new personality named itself Gollum.
Theme
The Hobbit is a fantasy book.
Conclution
The book gave us the feeling of mytholigy, legend and mystery, that i think J.R.R Tolkien intended. We really enjoyed it, and would strongly recommend it to everybody. Althoug we are not fantasy-fans, it only took us a couple of pages to feel like a part of the Tolkien world.
