The Hobbit Hero Quotes

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The Hobbit Chapters 20-23 “A person who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal.”-dictionary. Ordinarily, some people believe heroes are people much alike to those written in comics wearing capes, while others believe they are everyday people. Furthermore, I believe heroes to have traits such as being brave and courageous, to have a desire to help a cause greater than himself. In the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, there are multiple characters portrayed as the hero of the story, including Thorin Oakenshield. Although, I would like to argue otherwise. Conversely it is an often discussed idea, that Thorin should be considered a great hero. But this is something I don’t determine to be entirely true. To me a hero is someone who goes out of his or her way to help an individual or something greater than himself. By stating what I believe to be traits of a hero I have come to a conclusion that the character Thorin is not a hero. For he merely sent Bilbo to do everything that a leader should take upon himself to do. Thorin grew selfishly greedy with his abounding wealth and refused to help his friends and fellow adventurers. These are not the qualities of a hero, a hero does not turn …show more content…
Nevertheless, I have spent a vast amount of time pondering the question and have finally come upon the answer. I have come to a conclusion, that the overall hero of the novel The Hobbit, is none other than Bilbo Baggins. Although he was, in the beginning a complacent, boring individual, he has flourished into a rather incredible human being. And I believe he could not have transformed into the person he is now if he did not go on the journey with Thorin and Co. This is evidence that the adventure to the Lonely Mountain has been a life changer for Bilbo Baggins changing him into a
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