Thursday, February 12, 2015

Bilbo Baggins

On dynamic character in my book, is Bilbo Baggins. He starts out at the beginning, and is extremely shy, and doesn't want to go on any adventures, or explore the world. He is content with being an average hobbit, with an average life. The book describes him as "shy, with no magic about them, except the ordinary kind, and no sense for adventure". But after the wizard Gandalf shows up, Bilbo has a whole different outlook on adventure.


Bilbo begins showing characteristics like ingenuity, bravery, and intelligence. Hey finds the secret in the trolls cave, and also finds himself outwitting Gollum in Chapter 6.  He displays bravery, when in Chapter 12, he descends into the Smaugs layer alone, and also finds Smaugs weak point. Bilbo shows many character traits, that are uncharacteristic of a Hobbit like him. Bilbo is used to living an extremely comfortable lifestyle, but here is showing valiance.
At the end of The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins is an adventurous man, with a sense of excitement, and is unhappy with an average life after the adventures that happen in The Hobbit. "... [Bilbo] was no longer quite as respectable". This is refering to Bilbo after his adventure, and how to the community he lived in, he was viewed as queer, because of his sense of adventure.

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