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Who Is Bilbo's Help In The Hobbit

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Bilbo Baggins has developed throughout the eight chapters by gaining the ability to go invisible, which would help him when he has to save the party from the spiders. But during the troll's encounter, after Bilbo and the party were captured, Gandalf was the one to save them. The goblin encounter went the same way, with the party being captured and Gandalf saving them again, but Bilbo used Gollum’s ring to go invisible and escape the cave, and that ring will eventually save him again. These are just some of the reasons Bilbo has gone from getting saved to saving the party without anyone's help, as he just uses the ring to sneak past the spiders and free the party. As the author has spoken as a reader, I can tell that Bilbo has gained some smarts. …show more content…

On that note, he also found Gollum's ring and used it to his advantage to escape the cave by going invisible and jumping over Gollum's head. When they were attacked by the wolves, he used his ring to hide from the wolves to stop them from finding him. I can infer that he has gotten smarter since we first saw him in the story. Throughout these eight chapters, we experience the evolution of Bilbo's rescuing ability, which enables him to save the party from the spiders. During the trolls' encounter, Bilbo was captured along with the rest of the party except Gandalf, and he ended up saving Bilbo and the party. Also during the goblin encounter, Bilbo was again captured along with the rest of the party except for Gandalf, and he ended up saving Bilbo and the party. Eventually he leaves the party because, after Gandalf had left the party, they entered Mirkwood and ended up being caught by spiders, and Bilbo ended up saving the party without Gandalf's

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