The Hobbit

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Summary: Force of Hobbit
Review: This book tells of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and of his companions, a group of thirteen dwarves (Tolkien's preferred spelling) and the wizard Gandalf, as they set out to rescue a hoard of stolen gold from a fierce dragon. (A hobbit, for those not familiar with Tolkien's world, is a small, hairy-footed person who lives in a hole in the ground). Along the way, they have various adventures at the hands of the other inhabitants of Tolkien's imagined realm of Middle Earth- trolls, goblins, elves, animals and even humans.

If the above brief synopsis makes the book seem like a twee Enid Blyton tale for infants, all I can say is that it is not. Unlike the more adult The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit probably was written primarily with children in mind, but it is the sort of children's book that can easily be enjoyed by adults. Indeed, it can in many ways be read as an introduction to The Lord of the Rings, because it introduces characters such as Gollum and Gandalf, who will play an important role in the later work, and because it tells of the earlier history of the Ring, which it will later fall to Bilbo's nephew Frodo to destroy.

The Hobbit can be divided into two parts, corresponding to the time before and the time after the finding of the gold. The earlier part is lighter in tone. Although Bilbo and the dwarves face dangers in the course of their journey, they are able, by courage, ingenuity and luck, to overcome them; they are always the heroes, and the reader's sympathy is with them as they battle with the malevolent trolls, goblins and wolves they meet along their way. Bilbo is a particularly well-drawn character. He starts out as hesitant and nervous about the enterprise (hobbits tend to be conservative and unadventurous), but as it progresses finds within himself reserves of courage and resourcefulness, which enable him to rescue his companions from danger. (The dwarves, on the other hand, do not really come across as sharply-defined individuals, apart from their determined, headstrong leader Thorin Oakenshield and the fat, lazy Bombur).

After the gold is found, the tone of the book becomes darker. The dwarves become less heroic and more morally ambivalent as disputes over the true ownership of the recovered treasure threaten to lead to war. The issue is not finally resolved until a bloody and destructive battle has taken place. What started as a light-hearted children's adventure story becomes a parable about the corrupting nature of greed and the destructive power of violence. The links between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are thematic as well as narrative

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Summary: A Great Piece of Literature
Review: The Hobbit is possibly one of the best books ever written it is a great prequel to an even greater trilogy. The book is centered around a creature called a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins and he goes on a quest to help dwarves get there gold back from the dragon named Smog. Of course this is not an easy quest he must leave his quiet town of Hobbiton and travel through Middle Earth and slay the dragon. He is used to hot meals and resting but not walking for entire days being chased by goblins and only getting one meal a day if they are lucky. The Hobbit keeps you turning the pages and you cannot put it down not matter how hard you try and once it is finished you end up going to the store to buy the sequels and once they are finished you leave once again to buy the Similarion. It is all good I reccomend this book to people who are in fourth grade or higher if you are younger than that then you may have trouble understanding the story. But one word of advice make a copy of the maps so that you can refer to them later it will definatley help! Hope you enjoy it.

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Summary: A Hobbit's Reflection
Review: J.R.R Tolkien's novel, The Hobbit, is a masterful piece chock full of mysticism and fantasy. This could easily be considered the epitome of great folklore. While adopting concepts from Greek epics such as Beowulf and other Norse legends, Tolkien continually surprises even the skeptic in us all. It has a series of twists and turns of mischievous deeds and heroicism, unraveling ever so slightly as the reader delves further in.

As the novel begins, Bilbo Baggings, the humble, intelligent and often out-spoken hobbit, leads a quiet undisturbed life down in his hobbit hole at Bag End. However, soon enough this character is rudely awakened. And all his surrounding are in upheaval. This is a book of self-discovery and adventure; action and "peaceful" resolutions. It is an excellent read at any age.

Tolkien is an absolute genius in the art of writing a fantastic trilogy or anything for that matter. He even devised an alphabet specifically for these books, a history and map of the lands in which these stories take place. This is and excellent example of fantasy type literature. The reader responds to Tolkien's writings like it is some sort of true happening in the news. This is fantastical writing and should be reviewed as such. Brilliant in all aspects, praise worthy. However, some parts did appear to be lacking. Where often times I found myself flipping from page to page for the action to pick up again. Nevertheless, this novel is few of many that actually places you, time and place, right where it's all happening.

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Summary: pleasure to read, great teaser for the "Lord of the Rings"
Review: Tolkien's "Hobbit" is an important precursor story for the "Lord of The Rings" trilogy. Bilbo, Gandalf, Gollum and mostly important the story of the Ring are introduced in this book. There are also a whole bunch of interesting infromation about the dwarfs and the elves, about ents, Kingdom of Mirkwood and all sorts of captivating magic.

This particular edition is a pure pleasure to read. It is right in all proportions, smells nice, opens well, printed nicely and have some great illustrations. Great as a gift or a bedtime story read! Enjoy....

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Summary: The Hobbit Review
Review: I think that this book like many books starts off slow. But once you get into the excitement and adventures in Mirkwood forest the book becomes interesting.
It is fun to see how all the characters in the Lord of The Rings Movies, come about. Most of all you get to see how "the ring" comes into the hands of Bilbo.
The book has some good conflicts that the characters get into to, but of course they always get out them with the help of some Gandalf or some of his enchanted friends.
If you like the "Lord of the Rings" movies then your sure to like the prelude to all the exitment.

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Summary: A Must Read Classic
Review: If you like fantasy books, the Hobbit is a must read. This book inspired me to read all three Lord of the Rings books that are also amazing. It is one of my favorite books of all time. Despite what people say, the book is not boring at all. The begining can be a little slow, but once you get into it there is no putting it down.

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Summary: The Hobbit a review by Tyler
Review: Have you ever had something that other people want and will do any thing to get it? Then you're like the protagonist, Bilbo Bagins, in the story The Hobbit written by J.R.R Tolken. Everybody wants this ring because the ring contains mystical powers that can rule the world.
In the story ring rays chase Bilbo. The ring rays follow the thing that has the ring. They will torture you until you give them the ring. They only notice you if you use the ring's powers when they're near you. Bilbo was once caught by the ring rays but escaped by hiding behind a tree.
Another event that occurred was when Bilbo sneaks into the dark lord's castle to see what the dark lord was doing. Bilbo can see that they are trying to build a army to defeat the good and the helpless. When Bilbo was in the castle, ring rays saw Bilbo and started to chase him, when they chased him he ran to a dead end.
I strongly encourage you to read the book The Hobbit because it is an exciting and mysterious book that will keep you guessing at every event.

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Summary: The Hobbit a review by Allison
Review: Have you ever wanted to have gold, jewels, and diamonds that fill a whole room be yours? This is what Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit is trying to do. This exciting tale is written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Meticulous Bilbo goes through many challenges to get his gold, and has many near death experiences. The protagonist in this story is viewed through third person, or narrator form.
This hobbit, being so little, having big padded feet, and curly hair as they all do, must face many challenges. One of them is meeting Gollum, a horrible, sneaky little creature who lives back in the caves of the goblins. First, the dwarves that are with Bilbo and of course Bilbo himself are running from the goblins where he is knocked out. Second, when he wakes up he finds a ring and decides to go looking for the others. After walking quite a ways in the darkness he steps into something cold. At this time he meets Gollum. This creature then makes a deal with him...If Biblo wins a riddle game, Gollum won't eat him... if Bilbo doesn't win the game Gollum will eat him. Do you think Gollum is going to play a trick, or as Gollum would say, "play a tricksy" on Bilbo?
Another exciting part is when Bilbo is like a kidnapper during the story. Bilbo is on the verge of being caught when he thinks up a plan to help his crew that he is with to get the treasure. He must get each of them and help them out of being captured. His plan is to get into barrels left over from food and drinks that are put into a river. Then they are floated to near the crew's destination. Will they make it?
Ladies and gentlemen invite you to read The Hobbit. It is a wonderful book, and I encourage you to read it. So if you want to see if he out lasts Gollum and resists getting caught, read The Hobbit!

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Summary: The Hobbit a review by Elizabeth
Review: "When Bilbo opened his eyes, he wondered if he had; for it was just as dark as ebony with them shut. No one was near him. He could feel nothing, see nothing, except for the stone of the floor." In The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the protagonist, Bilbo Baggins, a meticulous hobbit, finds himself in an adventure. Bilbo has to go along with thirteen dwarves and a wizard, named Gandalf, to slay a dragon named Smog. They have to slay Smog because he stole treasure from the dwarves many years ago.
An exiting part of The Hobbit is when Bilbo finds a ring when he was left behind in the goblins' tunnels. "His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they (the dwarves, Gandalf, and himself) had been going in when he had his fall. He guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, until suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. He put the ring in his pocket almost without thinking..." What is this ring? Is it any importance to Bilbo? Read The Hobbit to find out more.
Another exiting scene is when Bilbo first sees Gollum. "Deep down by the dark waters lived old Gollum, a small slimy creature, as dark as darkness, except for two big, round, pale eyes that glowed like telescopes in his thin face. Gollum got into his boat and shot off from the tiny island in the middle of the lake; while Bilbo was sitting on the brink altogether flummoxed and at the end of is way and wits. Suddenly, up came Gollum he whispered and hissed, 'Bless us and splash us my precioussss! I guess it's a choice feast; at least a tasty morsel it'd make us, gollum!' When he said "gollum" he made a horrible swallowing noise in his throat. That is how he got his name, though he always called himself, "my precious."
Those are only two small parts of his adventure because he still has to beat his final challenge, Smog the dragon. What will be the fate of Bilbo? Will he survive or be barbecued alive? Tune into The Hobbit to find out.

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Summary: The Hobbit a review by Brian
Review: The Hobbit

Have you ever been on a mysterious adventure? If you have you'll probably like the book THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien. Thirteen dwarfs and a hobbit are on a quest to find a hidden treasure, but first they must get past a dragon named Smage.
The dwarfs and Bilbbo got caught by giant spiders and were wrapped up in webbing, but Bilbbo cut himself lose with his sword and killed the spiders. Bilbbo cut his friends loose and named his sword STING. The hobbit told the dwarfs to go on ahead so he could head off the rest of the spiders. When Bilbbo came out he saw that wood elves were taking the dwarfs away so he slipped on the ring and followed them to their castle by stealing the key and unlocking his friends. Then he escaped in the barrels.
The dwarfs and hobbit got to Smage's cave and Bilbbo was talking. He watched them get locked up. Bilbbo found a way to get out had been. He took a cup and then confronted the dragon with his ring on so he was invisible and he Bilbbo went couldn't be hurt. The dragon thought it was a lake man so he flew to go destroy the town, but when Bilbbo got out, he told a raven to go tell the soldiers that they needed to hit him where the armor had been penetrated. By the time the raven got there, there was only one soldier left. The raven told him and he took his lucky arrow to kill the dragon, Smage.
The gold and silver is theirs or is it? When they got to the bottom of the cave there were two armies and they were going to battle over the gold. If you want to find out who gets the gold, the dwarfs, the wood elves, or the goblins read the book The Hobbit.