the hobbit book report

Summary

Bilbo Baggins is resting at his house. Gandalf, who is a known wizard, appears and startles him. Bilbo invites him for tea. Some days later Gandalf arrives with 13 dwarves for tea. They want Bilbo to help them.

The Dwarves leader Thorir tells Bilbo about a family treasure being guarded by the dragon. They want to recover the treasure. Gandalf reveals the map of entry to the mountain. Bilbo joins them (by force). They all set off using the map and go through the Misty Mountains on their way to their destination, which was the Lonely mountain.

They set camp in some cave and get captured by some goblins. Gandalf appears and helps free the dwarves. Bilbo strays from separated from the party and finds himself in a tunnel. He discovers a ring made of gold and conceals it (it is an invibility ring). Bilbo encounters a Gollum who wants to eat him is he fails a riddle, he wins this.

This ring goes missing later, and Gollum suspects Bilbo, which makes him attack him. Bilbo accidentally makes himself invisible with this ring. He manipulates Gollum to lead him out of the cave and reunites with the others after a battle with goblins.

They head through Mirkwood, Gandalf leaves them but gives a warning that they should not stray from their path. Bilbo and the dwarves lose their way and get attacked by gigantic spiders and some elves, making Bilbo use the newfound ring to get them out of trouble.

At Lonely Mountain, they unlock the hidden door. They find Smaug sleeping on what they were after. Bilbo steals a cup made of gold. Smaug figures out he had been robbed and blames the nearby town residents, and starts attacking their town. Bard shoots Smaug, killing him. This treasure sparks much disagreement among elves, dwarves and the people of the town. They all want it, and it leads to war.

Gandalf arrives to issue warning to these parties that Wargs and goblins were to prepare for a raid. They stop fighting and work together. in this war, Thorin gets wounded and dies. The men, the dwarves, and the elves win this war. Dain, the cousin of Thorin, is named the leader of that mountain. Bilbo goes back home, possessing some treasure from Thorin.

Description of themes in the book

I think there are multiple things the author wants the reader to experience, I think that he first of all want you to learn how important it is to work together. For example when they were hiding in the tree, but bilbo couldn’t get in the tree so one of the dwarves helped him, something that makes you think the opposite is when bilbo was left alone and had to fight Gollum and some goblins to later find them having a campfire. but I also think that he just wants to entertain you, because it is a very entertaining story and the writer puts in some aspects that made me not want to put the book down. I think the writer also wants you to think about how you have to learn to trust complete strangers If they are the only people you have to support you. In conclusion I think that the books covers many aspects.

Word list

Main characters

Bilbo

Is the main character and a hobbit. He is chosen by Gandalf to be the dwarves' thief on their quest to steal the most important part of the treasure in the lonely mountain guarded by Smaug. On the way, Bilbo saves the dwarves from many tricky situations and at the end he tries to stop a war. In fact, Bilbo does not like adventures at all, but Gandalf manages to unleash his love of adventures by taking him on this quest.

Gandalf

Is a wizard who helps the dwarves and Bilbo on their quest. He often disappears and appears (just at the right time) and knows many addresses where the party can spend the night or make friends. However, he often withholds a lot of information to watch other people sort out their own problems.

Thorin

The king of Lonely Mountain who wants to take him back from the dragon. He is a dwarf. Generally a nice person who judges well, only when he comes into contact with his treasure he becomes so greedy that he could kill anyone to keep every penny for himself.

Björn

Is a werebear, a man who can turn into a bear. He is generally not very welcoming and open, but let dwarves spend a few nights with him and they become friends of his. He eventually helps the humans, dwarves and elves to win against the goblin army.

Thranduil

The forest elf king who imprisons the dwarves because he wants a share of the treasure. He also eventually declares war on the dwarves with the humans. However, because of Bilbo, he eventually gets the share of his treasure and the dwarves and forest elves end up becoming good friends.

Bard

The human from who manages to defeat Smaug with the help of crows conveying Bilbo's discovery of Smaug's weakness. He becomes the new king of Dale, friend of Bilbo but, along with Thranduil, did declare war on the dwarves.

Elrond

The other elven king who helps the Society decipher the map of Lonely Mountain and becomes a close friend of Bilbo and Gandalf.

Smaug

The dragon who took over Lonely Mountain from the dwarves a hundred years ago and guarded the treasure until he is defeated by Bard. He is very manipulative.

Review

I think this book is great if you like fiction and adventures story’s. The book is full of cool adventures, but not just that. There are a lot of challenges as well, of course I’m not going to spoil the ending of them but its certainly worth reading and it will definitely be worth your while.