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The Hobbit : My Favorite Story

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As a kid, my parents weren’t really around, so my sister and I were raised by twenty five different nannies over the course of fifteen years. Because of this, I grew up hearing a wide variety of bedtime stories ranging from bible stories, to nursery rhymes, to hymns completely in Italian, to the adventures of Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. The Hobbit was always my favorite story. I loved it because J.R.R. Tolkien always knew how to give any situation a sort of thrilling peril. I always imagined being on Bilbo’s Unexpected Journey with him. As a five year old, I wanted to fight Smaug, save Thorin, and maybe get a little gold in the process. (This thought process still holds true to this day) Then, when I was in elementary school, I started …show more content…

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