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    The Hobbit Conventions

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    In the action adventure film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Jackson uses a variety of conventions and cinematic techniques to explore and amplify the emotional intensity of particular scenes. The film follows a traditional action adventure plot whereby heroes defeat villains in a battle where good triumphs over evil and disputes are resolved by physical force or violence. It’s the story of a young, ordinary hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, who lives a peaceful life at Bag End, until Gandalf

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    Hobbit And Greed

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    time. When he was able to be with his children, he was motivated to give them a better world to look at. Due to his studies in different cultures and languages he was able to create Middle Earth, a land where there are elves, orcs, dwarves, wizards, hobbits, humans, and many more mythical creatures some created by Tolkien himself. Tolkien was motivated to create a new world for his children to experience instead of the chaos filled world during their lives, and was inspired by his studies in

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    Singing In The Hobbit

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    Each of the magical creatures in “The Hobbit” have certain tunes, tones, and styles of singing. Some are joyous and adventurous, others can be sad, dark, or unsettling. The 3 creatures that have been shown to sing in the first five chapters are Dwarves, Elves, and Goblins. Their singing defines their characters and what the seek among their journies through their life. Their character will be read like an open book when their songs are listened to closely. The Dwarves’ songs are full of adventurous

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    Essay On The Hobbit

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    described Tolkien as “The most prominent fantasy writer of the twentieth century” (Baker 672). Before writing The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, which serves as a predecessor to the events of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. When The Hobbit was published in 1937 it received popular and critical acclaim (Baker). In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the concepts of an unconventional hero are depicted in the views and actions of Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo Baggins depicts these concepts through his reluctance

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    The Hobbit Response

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    faraway places where they could disappear and be who they are without being questioned. Everyone dreams of a place which is full of adventures and quests. In the movie, The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey, there is long journey full of exciting events that bring a people back to their ancestral home.This task was grueling for a young Hobbit named Bilbo, who was also the one in charge of helping an ancient race getting their homeland back. The film was directed by Peter Jackson, and the book was written

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    Dwarves In The Hobbit

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    When someone sings a song, the song always has a very important role. Music in general can tell alot about someone, or creature. In The Hobbit, the dwarves, elves, and goblins all sing song referring to the situation and in their personality. The dwarves song is about their quest, the elves is sang about the dwarves coming into their valley, and the goblins sang about the torture sounds of Goblin town. In the dwarves song was to the taker of their belongings. They sang about where it is and how

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    The Hobbit Essay

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    The Hobbit I.     Information about the book a.     The title of my book is “The Hobbit”. The book is about a hobbit and 13 dwarves. This hobbit’s name is Bilbo Baggins, and he lives in Hobbiton. b.     Copyright © 1966; Published by Ballantine Publishing Group. c.     The author of “The Hobbit” is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in the First World War, he decided to take up an academic career. He studied Anglo-Saxon

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    The Hero Of The Hobbit

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    reader can establish a bond with the situation, which gives them experience of an adventure through the hero. In chapter 1 of The Hobbit, Tolkien introduces Bilbo Baggins as an ordinary hobbit who lives in an ordinary hobbit hole on the side of The Hill. In this chapter Tolkien hints towards Bilbo’s mother’s side, the Took-clan, who ‘something was not entirely hobbit like about them’ (Page 13). 1) The hero is introduced in his/her ordinary world: The hero’s journey begins with the hero being introduced

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    The Hobbit Songs

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    In the novel The Hobbit by JrR Tolkien there are many songs that different species of middle earth nonfiction,song that the characters sing.All the song have different tones,different content and, different structure.So fare in the novel I have read,and heard three songs. The three songs are ,the first song is about the misty mountains,the second is about the dwarves travels to the misty mountain ,and the last is about The goblins on There way to goblin town.those are the three song I have read

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    Archetypes In The Hobbit

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    The Hobbit is a novel that is actually a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. “How to Read Literature like a Professor” explained a vast amount of archetypes that could be compared to Bilbo’s journey in “The Hobbit”. A hero’s quest and communion will be up for discussion and compared to certain parts of Bilbo Baggins’ journey. Bilbo is a timid hobbit. He is also comfortable and compact in his secure little hole at Bag End. One day Gandalf persuaded him into going on a quest with Thorin’s dwarves

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