What I disliked about the novel "The Hobbit"

Hello guys, this will be my last post on this blog, and I will write about what I disliked about the novel The Hobbit. There are not many things I disliked, but here is my complete last list of my blog.
What I didn't like:
- It takes a long time before the novel gets in the plot.
- It is a bit old language, it is hard to read, but I think it's really cool.
- How some of the problems are solved. (Like when Bard slain the dragon)
- Some details that is very unnecessary. (Like the color of the trolls handkerchief)
- How Thorin suddenly gets sick, and turns into a demon.
- That Thorin dies.
- Fili and Kili (Two of Thorin's best warriors) dies.
- We don't get to know who the new king of the mountain is.
So, that's it. Thank you for reading my blog, and I hope you liked my last post in this blog.
-Philip

What I liked about the novel "The Hobbit"

Okay, so I am going to create a full list of what I like about the novel "The Hobbit", by J.R.R Tolkien.
I liked:
- The introduction of Bilbo Baggins
- The main theme in the novel
- Their mission. (To claim back the mountain of Erebor.)
- Bilbo's role in the entire plot.
- That the narrator was created with a third person perspective.
- The length of the novel. (About 310 pages)
- These own names, places and things Tolkien has created with his own genius head.
- That we get a real relationship with all the good characters.
- That the good wins. (Why wouldn't they?)
- The way Thorin Oakenshield behaves.
- The different levels of stupidity and smart characthers
- And last but not least, The end.
Hope you can agree with me.
Best regards.
-Philip

Language in the novel

In The Hobbit, there is pretty much understandable English, but there is also a lot of words you need to learn and understand by yourself. There is also an older kind of English, because the novel was written and published by J.R.R Tolkien many years ago, actually 78 years ago. The language is therefore maybe a little outdated, but that is what makes the novel better in my opinion.
And all these words you need to find out what means yourself, is pretty much words Tolkien has created himself, such as: Orcs, Goblins, Erebor, Archenstone, Smaug, and so on. But in the book, most of the words has a pretty obvious explanation.
So all summed up: The language in The Hobbit is perfect for this book, but after 306 pages, you may get a little tired of it.
Hope you liked it!
- Philip

Themes in the novel

The Hobbit is a book with really creative content, and is of course a fantasy book. The main theme in this book is good vs evil. There are a lot of evil power and characters in the world of Middle-earth. Bilbo and his crew, the dwarves and Gandalv is the good. In the end of the book, the orcs are the ones The dwarves, humans and elves fight together to kill, when they come from Moria (The kingdom the dwarves lost to the orcs) and perform an ambush. That is when you really can feel who's good, and who's evil. 

There are also more themes in this novel, for example the way the author tests the relationship with humans and other creatures like elves and dwarves, and one hobbit. How they manage to fight side by side, and fight for each other.

And I also think that the novel has another theme, the way how Bilbo leaves his home, and stays away for over 13 months. It is about leaving all you love, knowing that you may never come back to this. And in the end of the book, Tolkien makes my opinion confirmed. Because when he is coming back to everything he loves, (cause he lives when the quest is accomplished) all of his things are out on an auction, right on front of his house, because there is a rule in the Shire, if you stay away for over 13 months, all your personal belongings is out for an auction, and the highest bidder gets what he or she bid on.  But all in all, he comes back to everything he loves in his home, in the Shire. 

Hope you liked my post! :)
-Philip   

Narrator in The Hobbit

The narrator in the hobbit has a third person perspective, and knows pretty much everything about anything, and J.R.R Tolkien created this narrator very well. I think the narrator gives us a good perspective of the book itself, and the characters in it. All summed up, this narrator may be one of the best I have ever met.
- Philip

Roast Mutton: Summary

Hey guys, in this post, I am going to tell you about one of the events I like the most in this book. It is the chapter called Roast Mutton. 

In this chapter you meet three trolls. They have captured some of the horses, the dwarves had brought with them, and used as transport. So now it is time for the burglar Bilbo to try and get the horses back. In this chapter, Tolkien has used some kind of humor, and I think it is really funny. These trolls are really stupid, but they're big and strong, so they are tricky to attack. 

When Bilbo fails and one of the trolls (apparently the most stupid one of them) grabs Bilbo, with his handkerchief (not on purpose), and sneezes. He thinks he has sneezed out Bilbo, and then all the other dwarves comes up from the bushes, and attacks the trolls to save Bilbo. Unfortunately, the trolls catches them in the end, and they are about to eat them, when the stupidest one of them says that they have to hurry, because they will turn into stone when the sun comes up. 

Bilbo pulls out the time, until Gandalv the wizard comes and hits his stick in one large rock so that the sun is exposed to them and they turn into stone. 

In the end of the chapter, they also find something in the cave the trolls went to when there were daylight. Sooner in the book these things also becomes very important. It is swords from elves, which flashes blue when there are orcs or goblins in the area. 

So guys, this is what I could come up with from this event in the book, but if you really want to enjoy this summary, you should read the actual book, and you will find this post interesting. 

See y'all. Philip.    

The setting of The Hobbit

The Hobbit starts with this famous sentence: "In a whole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
We get to know Bilbo Baggins from the inside and out, as I already have made a description of in my last post.

The main thing and the "objective" in this story, is to get the mountain of Erebor back from the dragon Smaug. The old king of Erebor was Thorin Oakenshield's grandfather. He was too addicted to gold and one day, it was too much for him. Smaug stormed the mountain and took it as its own. All of the dwarves had to escape, at least those who lived. And now, years later, the dwarves decided to meet at Bilbo's house in Baggend in the Shire. The Shire is where all hobbits live.
On the journey they meet all kinds of dangerous animals and creatures. They meet three trolls, stupid but dangerous. They meet orcs, bad warriors but many, and last but not least the dragon, Smaug. The fire-breathing death machine.

Thorin and his company needs shelter and food when they leave the elves and the orcs down from a river. Down that river, the two elves Legolas and Tauriel helps the dwarves escaping from the orcs.
When they have lost the orcs, they meet a man, called Bard. He is a helpful man, who gives them food and shelter. And in payment, the people of laketown are supposed to get gold from the mountain, when they have killed the dragon.

When they come to the mountain, they find the way in to the mountain with the key from Gandalv. And when this happens, Bilbo (who is the burglar) goes inside the mountain to find something that matters alot for the dwarf-king. The archenstone. Also known as the heart of the mountain. This is what drove Thorin's grandfather mad. It is something you can't put a value on, and it belongs to the king of the mountain, which soon will be Thorin.

After a long struggle of fighting with the dragon, The dragon goes to laketown, to kill and burn everything that is in it. But Bard, is the hero and slains the dragon with help from his son, and an arrow made of dwarves, especially to penetrate a dragon's skin.

After this event we have a large battle of five armies, and it ends good. And the dwarves wins the mountain (except Thorin), and Bilbo gets to go home and The book ends where "The Lord of The Rings" Start.

Hope you liked this, a pleasure to write about the Hobbit. I is a little bit long as a setting text, but I think this length is what you need when writing a text about the setting in this amazing book.
- Philip.

       

The main character

Bilbo Baggins is the name of the main character in this book. He is a hobbit who likes to be at home, drinking tea at four, eating food and relaxing all day long. But when he goes out on an adventure, he really changes. His role with the crew of 13 dwarves and one wizard is as their very on burglar. Hobbits are very light at their feet, so Bilbo fits excellent as their burglar.
The special thing about Bilbo is that he is very secretive. When he finds the ring in the mountain where the goblins live, he does not tell anyone that he found it, but in the end, we find out that Gandalf the grey also known as the wizard knew he found the ring from the very first moment Bilbo realized he had the ring.

The second important character is Thorin Oakenshield. He is one of the 13 dwarves with the most power of them all. He is the dwarf who is supposed to be the king in the mountain, Erebor, but When he gets deceased with the dragon sickness, the other dwarves loses their respect for him. But in the end, he becomes the normal dwarf the reader likes again.

This was my summary of the two people I see as the main characters in this story.
- Philip