Examples Of Greed In The Hobbit

Thesis: John Ronald Reule Tolkien’s life experiences influenced his writing, beginning as a student, then a soldier, lexigrapher, professor, and then a writer to his own children; Tolkien’s life created the place known to most as Middle-Earth.

Greed is a common, yet detrimental factor in society today. All around the world people experience this type of attribute, whether it is for power or for the simple concept of desiring more in life. In order to further this prevalent theme, Peter Jackson created the film The Hobbit-Desolation of Smaug, in 2013. In this film, he continued the adventure of Bilbo Baggins and the dwarves and set them off to reclaim their ancient dwarven city guarded by the dragon, Smaug. Throughout the entire movie, the characters face many tough obstacles, those being orcs, elves and most importantly the evil dragon. Those elves actually came to their rescue later on in the movie, proving their loyalty. Those noble elves were Tauriel and Legolas. Also, a major character in the movie was Gandalf, which was the powerful wizard. In the movie, he aided in their adventure by leading them to the proper trail while also providing them with many struggles they may encounter on the way. While all of the characters and setting play a key role in shaping the movie as a whole, the theme of greed is a much greater aspect throughout the film. Peter Jackson implements personification, symbolism, and foreshadowing in his movie in order to point his audience towards the bigger message, greed is the root of all evil.

In The Hobbit, Tolkien created cultures and values that are represented often in certain characters and groups of characters. These translate to character traits, which can be positive or negative. After reading up to this point in the story, one can infer that Tolkien considers focused to be a positive character trait, greed to be a negative character trait, and he also feels intelligence more important than physical strength.

Tolkien, The Hobbit, page 178). In the midst of the battle against the spiders, Bilbo told the dwarves this. He sacrificed himself in order to save the dwarves from the spiders. After they escaped from the grasp of the spiders, they were locked in the elves kingdom- except for Bilbo. On page 194 of The Hobbit the author states, “Then in crept the Hobbit. Very soon the chief guard had no keys, but Bilbo was trotting as fast as he could along the passage towards the cells” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, page 194). Once again, Bilbo used the advantages of his magic ring to save the dwarves from their predicament. Later on, Bilbo conducted an escape plan and saved the dwarves. Finally, on page 230 of The Hobbit, Thorin states, “Now is the time

Throughout one’s life, one meets many different people, some of which seek to harm one, and some of which do not. This is also true for books: A variety of characters are introduced. Characters assume different roles of varying importance, and some seem “benevolent,” while others become labeled as “wicked.” Some guard an item or area, and yet others’ intentions are impossible to discern. These concepts especially apply to The Hobbit, written by J. R. R. Tolkien, which is an excellent example of The Hero’s Journey. The Hobbit showcases many archetypes, including Bilbo Baggins as the hero, Gandalf the Wizard as the mentor, and Smaug the Dragon as the shadow.

Tolkien was one of the most life changing events Lewis experienced because Tolkien opened Lewis’s eyes to a whole new world. Growing up, Lewis and Tolkien were exposed to some of the same authors and stories, giving them both a similar appreciation for literature. Tolkien expressed himself in a very creative and imaginative way, but he struggled with his writing being classified as children’s literature and had very little confidence when it came to publishing and sharing his works, whereas Lewis wrote very intellectually and philosophically and wasn’t afraid to get his works out into the public. A major conflict Lewis faced when it came to writing was not being able to balance both intellectual imaginative thought. He felt as though he needed to write to educate, but couldn’t do so while incorporating mythical elements, because he believed that you can’t teach important things to people in an entertaining way.

J.R.R Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, was and still is a famous literary author that wrote books which many millions love. He was an author that allowed hundreds of thousands of people be swept away in his fictional stories that subtly portrayed many Christian themes. His most famous works were 'The Hobbit' (1937) and 'The Lord of the Rings' (1954-1955) series. Aside from being an author he was also a passionate linguist and made languages seriously in his spare time.

A character identified by the name Thorin experiences greed. Thorin gets corrupted with greed by the great amount of gold, that will soon be regained after defeating the powerful dragon Smaug. Throughout the text Thorin’s greedy side takes over and does not always make the best decisions. Near the end of the novel he decides to rather go into war instead of splitting the deceased dragon’s wealth into shares. Additionally, he would take someone’s life in order to take the Arkenstone back.

The Lord of The Rings, a widely read trilogy of books adapted for the screen in a trilogy of popular movies, takes place in the Land of Middle Earth. Some fans of the series do not realize that Middle Earth was no abstract concept in the mind of its creator, J. R. R. Tolkien. On the contrary, he developed an intricate language, mythology, and history for his country. After his death, his son Christopher helped gather and publish some of these works for the enjoyment of people around the world. A detailed history of Middle Earth became available four years after the death of Tolkien, called The Silmarillion.

To start off, are the many basic facts of tolkien's life. Although there are no exact meanings to how these facts affected his writing we can only assume

Picture this, you haven’t left your house and you planned not to. Until one day, one fateful day, a highly respected person that stands above all dwarves and living being, calls you to adventure. Would you say yes or no? But be careful, for it will change your life forever. Will you come out of it as the same person?

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been beloved works among many generations of readers since they were first published. The author of these two books, J.R.R. Tolkien is just as interesting a man as many of the characters he created in the world of Middle-Earth. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Africa to a banker manager and his wife in 1892 and had only one sibling, Hilary, who was less than two years younger (Wikipedia). When he was young both of his parents died (one from rheumatic fever, the other from diabetes) and he and his brother were raised by a Catholic priest in Birmingham (Wikipedia). Tolkien was involved in World War One and Two, first as a serviceman, then as a cryptographer (Wikipedia). Indeed he was very

Furthermore, Gollum and Smaug are two fiendish lonesome characters with shared traits of evil. Gollum, a small slimy creature, has been corrupted by evil after finding and becoming obsessed with a precious magical ring to the point where he does not care about harming others for his own benefit. For example, he stated in a riddle contest to

Greed is what fuels the want for money; for this reason, greed consumes people with selfishness. Seldom does the public ever see a person whose life is better with money; in fact, it is quite normal to see people who inherit or obtain large sums of money become less happy and much more unsatisfied with their new inheritance of wealth. People follow the misconception that when they’re satisfied with their material wants that they will always be happy. The greed and desire for material wants only makes a person less content with their life, and causes them to become much more selfish than they had been before they had what they desired. In the case of the villainous Mr. Stapleton, (The Hound of the Baskervilles), the want for the mansion caused

“Sagas and poems provided his second major influence” (Birzer). As a young student, on his own time, Tolkien would read, and as it was a North Germanic language, translate from the Old Norse. Northern literature peeked his interest and he seemed to have continued to feed it throughout his whole life.