Bilbo baggins lives in a beautiful hole under the hill, where hes a respected and rather rich pillar of the hobbit community. At the same time, tolkien closes the hobbit by questioning how much of a hero bilbo really is. Tolkiens the hobbit, gandalf and bilbo head back to hobbiton by way of rivendell. As such, we can expect to find some significant indications that the formerly prudish. Tolkiens the hobbit concludes one of the most influential fantasy stories of all time. Bilbo brings the book full circle, noting that the prophecy mentioned in the first chapter has come true. Bilbo and gandalf reach rivendell nearly a year after they left there. Though some hobbits live in houses, they traditionally live in holes in the ground.
R sparknotes and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The hobbit sparknotes literature guide sparknotes literature guide series by tolkien, j. You can find past posts at the reread index, or you can catch up with our previous reread of. The paperback of the the hobbit sparknotes literature guide series by sparknotes, j. Tolkien, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary. The hobbit is an adventure story involving bilbo baggins, a hobbit, gandalf, a wizard and several other creatures including dwarves, elves, and a dragon. Welcome back to the chapterbychapter reread of the hobbit. They like beer and jokes and generally making merry.
The hobbit chapters 1719 summary and analysis gradesaver. Bard is the new master of lake town, and from his share of the treasure, he gives bilbo a handsome sum. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. Summary on may 1, bilbo returns to elrond and then goes on to his house, which is being sold at auction, because he is presumed dead. The final stop before bilbo baggins reaches home is rivendell, where the elves greet him with a song to celebrate the dragons death. Tolkiens childrens novel, the hobbit, was published in 1937.
Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Now offering a 50% discount for students and teachers during the evolving covid19 crisis. See a complete list of the characters in the hobbit and indepth analyses of bilbo, gandalf, and thorin. The other dwarves are brought before the king and questioned. By may, gandalf and bilbo have made it over the misty mountains. They rest and share stories, and bilbo learns what else was happening in the world while he and the dwarves traveled through mirkwood. Bilbo baggins and dwarves, led by thorin oakenshield are on an adventure to find the dragon smaug and steal his treasure, which. Hobbits, the narrator explains, are little people, roughly half the size of humans, with thick hair on their feet, round bellies, and a love of good food, comfort, and security.
Gandalf also tells elrond of his activities when he left the hobbit and the dwarves to continue their quest alone. Hes accomplished a great deal, to be sure, but as gandalf points out, he hasnt done it by himself. The dead are buried, and dain is crowned the new king under the mountain. They return to rivendell, where they are greeted by happy elves once again. The adventures over, but bilbos not quite home yet. The hobbit, much like the rest of tolkiens writing, is full of such figurative language. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the hobbit and what it means. Soon after bilbo and the rest of the dwarves escape the spiders, they are surrounded by a company of wood elves and brought blindfolded to the elvenkings halls. As thorin continues to search for the arkenstone and as the rest of the dwarves worry about the armies camped on their doorstep, bilbo.