Tolkiens original tale to bump up the action and even add a little romance. It is best known for being the prequel to the lord of the rings. Bilbo baggins, a quiet, unassuming hobbit and the protagonist of the story. The hobbit is about bilbo baggins, an uptight, stick in the mud, and his. Gandalf and bilbo spend yuletide with him on their way back to the hobbitlands. Gandalf the grey is a powerful wizard who enlists bilbos help. He won the ring from gollum in a riddle game 60 years before the start of the novel, and he passes it on to frodo when he leaves the shire for good. Bilbo baggins is a hobbit who lives a comfortable life in his home at bagend, underhill. Characters thorin the leader of the dwarves who embark on the treasure quest in chapter 2, thorin is in many ways a typical member of his race. Middleearth characters simple english wikipedia, the. Bilbo is the main character in the hobbit and he passes the ring to frodo. Bilbo, gandolf, and thorin hobbits are man like creatures that are known for their hairy feet, for example the main character bilbo. The hobbit characters character development now novel.
Throughout the book, the group travels east through middle earth, from the bag end to the lonely mountain. Bilbo baggins played by martin freeman, of bag end, probably shouldnt have been quite so eager to join gandalf for his unexpected journey. This page was last modified on 17 december 2011, at 23. It was published on 21 september 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the carnegie medal and awarded a prize from the new york herald tribune for best juvenile fiction. Why are tolkiens books so well loved and respected. He is a hobbit who prefers domesticity to adventure. Learn all about how the characters in the hobbit such as bilbo baggins and gandalf contribute to the story and how they fit into the plot. A character sharing fredegars name and appearance appears in the epilogue of the hobbit. What are the main characters found in the book the lord. Thorin oakenshield, the leader of a group of dwarves. The hobbit, or, there and back again characters shmoop. This is the finishing battle at the end of the hobbit. Thorin, son of thrain, son of thror, is the leader of the company of dwarves who go on a quest to.
Frodo is the major character of the novel and this mainly because he has inherited the one ring from his uncle, bilbo baggins. Dwarves thorins group, composed of fili, kili, dwalin, balin, oin, gloin, ori, dori, nori, bifur, bofur, and bombur, none of whom is. In the early chapters of the book, bilbo is cowardly read full theme analysis. Character frodo baggins frodo baggins is a hobbit who lives in the shire with his uncle, bilbo baggins. Scenes and characters added to the hobbit films how did one little book become three epic blockbusters. Dain, second cousin to thorin, came to the aid of thorins company at the battle. Elvenking king of the elves who imprisons thorin and the other dwarves in his dungeon, from which they are rescued by bilbo who hides the dwarves in barrels and floats them down a river to laketown also called esgaroth. The hobbit, or there and back again is a childrens fantasy novel by english author j. Bilbo baggins of bag end, the protagonist and titular hobbit of the story. His quiet sedate life is interrupted by a visit from gandalf, a wizard. List of main characters in the lord of the rings trilogy. The settings in the hobbit are essential to development of the characters in the novel and their relationships with each other.
Tolkien has an incredible knack of bringing the story to life and really getting the reader involved in the book. List of original characters in the hobbit film series. Gandalf causes bilbo to set aside his reputation for cautious respectability. Bilbo baggins is the protagonist of the hobbit, meaning that hes the default hero. Bilbo baggins is by far the most important character in the story, and it is important that the reader is quickly able to form a picture of bilbo in their mind. How does the setting affect the characters in the hobbit. Meet the hobbits key characters the hollywood reporter. The dwarves of the hobbit a guide to the characters. Fredegar bolger overweight hobbit and friend of frodo baggins omitted from the film adaptation of the fellowship of the ring. Bilbo is invited by gandalf to join him and the dwarves on their journey to the lonely mountain, home of smaug the dragon, to. The top ten 1 bilbo baggins bilbo baggins is the title character and protagonist of j. As you read the book you feel as though you are part of this epic journey and you really start to relate to the main characters and feel attached to them.
Gandalf, a wizard who initiates bilbos journey with the dwarves. He inherits the one ring from his uncle which he, along with eight companions, sets out to destroy in the fires of mount doom. Up close looks at bilbo baggins, the 12 dwarves and the one wizard at the heart of peter jacksons forthcoming the hobbit. Gandalf is a friend of bilbos mother, belladonna took. Though his birthright and noble bearing initially make thorin seem like a fairly heroic figure, the dwarfs status quickly declines as bilbos rises. The hobbit themes from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. It ends with the victory of the dwarfs, men, and elves. The story takes place before the lord of the rings the plot is about the hobbit a small race of people invented by tolkien bilbo baggins who goes on an adventurous quest with a group of dwarves and the. When he discovers that the magic ring left to him by his eccentric uncle bilbo is the one ring, he reluctantly takes on the quest to destroy it. Who are the main characters in the hobbit book answers.
The dwarves of the hobbit a guide to the characters and cast 010220 by gfunk101 the lord of the rings had a huge cast of characters, many of whom were introduced at different intervals throughout the movie and were easily distinguished by the different races they represented. Content is available under gnu free documentation license. Bilbo baggins, gandalf, thorin oakenshield, gollum, smaug, bard, beorn, elrond, dark lord sauron, thror, dwarves, elves, humans, trolls, goblins, wargs. Gollum formerly called smeagol is a character that bilbo baggins. The hobbit characters from litcharts the creators of. Most scholars believe that tolkien based this world off britain at the height of the middle ages. Bilbo is invited by gandalf to join him and the dwarves on their journey to the lonely mountain, home of. During his adventure, bilbo often refers to the contents of his larder at home and wishes he had more food. The peoples of middleearth gave them many names, and called them wizards. The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in childrens literature.
He is a dragon that has terrorized several towns and, within his mountain. For unknown reasons, it is bilbo that gandalf chooses to be the fourteenth member of the journey to lonely mountain. Scenes and characters added to the hobbit films fandango. The royal house of durin thorin oakenshield and the two. The hobbit takes place in the fictional land of middle earth towards the end of the third age 29412942. As the novel progresses, his inability to formulate successful plans, his greed, and his reliance. Bilbo baggins, the titular protagonist, is a respectable, reserved hobbit a race resembling very short humans who live in underground houses and are mainly pastoral farmers and gardeners. He worked much to help in the destruction of the one ring, and in the war of the ring. It seems gandalf needs bilbo to act as a burglar for a group of dwarves, who want to retake their mountain and treasure from a dragon.
This battle is where dwarfs, men, and elves team up against goblins and wolves. Bilbo baggins fr, rk frodos much older cousin, considered the most eccentric hobbit in the shire, who adopted frodo after the younger hobbit s parents died. Gandalf is the one who literally plucks bilbo from his cozy little home and tosses him into a. In the third age gandalf came to middleearth as one of the istari or wizards. The author quickly begins to give a physical description of bilbo, and soon the image of a small, humanlike, slightly chubby creature with hairy feet and the ability to move quietly. Bilbo baggins bilbo baggins is a hobbit who lives a comfortable life in his home at bagend, underhill. The two characters who show the most development in the hobbit are the main protagonist, bilbo baggins, and the leader of the dwarves, thorin oakenshield. The hobbit, or there and back again, is a book written by j. For unknown reasons, it is bilbo that gandalf chooses to be the. Their quest was joined by bilbo baggins the titular hobbit and occasionally by the wizard gandalf. Gandalf the grey is a main character in the books the hobbit and the lord of the rings.
The protagonist of the hobbit, bilbo initially seems content with his peaceful life in hobbittown, but tolkien hints that he secretly desires adventure and excitement as is his birthright from his notoriously adventurous grandfather read full character analysis. Although shes on screen for only about five minutes, i was so grateful that it didnt even bother me that her main character trait is that shes intuitive. Tolkien wrote it in the 1930s for his children as a bedtime story. I have since found out that she doesnt even appear in the book of the hobbit but was added to the movie because, in the words of one screenwriter, you start to feel the weight. Tolkien actually described himself as something of a hobbit, so lets let him define what. Frodo is a hobbit and as a timid and domestic personality, he is really illsuited for the difficult journey ahead. This battle concludes the feud between who gets the gold in the lonely mountain and brings everything back to. The remainder of the dwarves do not change much over the course of the story, and gandalf the wizard remains a cipher whom we only learn more about in the subsequent books of the triology. Tolkien, which became an instant classic and worldwide bestseller. Meet the hobbits key characters hollywood reporter.