The Hobbit: unexpected journey

Submitted to: Mam Fryal Gohar

Submitted by: Group 2
Roll numbers: 17-02, 18-05, 18-06, 18-35, 18-49,
18-50, 18-58, 18-59, 18-67
Semester: 8th
Section: Morning (A)
Subject : Popular Narrative
 The Hobbit
An Unexpected Journey
Characters
GANDALF
Gandalf is a good wizard who has powers beyond those of other characters: He sometimes uses a magic
wand and he seems able to appear and disappear at will. He guides the travelers and rescues them from
trolls, Goblins, and Wargs. He is old (he was a friend of Bilbo's grandfather on the Took side) and
respected for his wisdom. The map and key to the Lonely Mountain have been entrusted to him for
safekeeping by Thorin's grandfather. He also introduces Bilbo and the dwarves to useful friends like
Elrond and Beorn.
Gandalf's most important role in The Hobbit is as a tutelary or wisdom figure to Bilbo. He persuades
Bilbo to go on the adventurous journey with the dwarves because he knows that Bilbo, without realizing
it, is an essential player in the drama that will result in the death of Smaug. He also knows that the
challenges of the journey are necessary to Bilbo's further development; Bilbo has been safe and
comfortable for too long. Thus Gandalf makes the secret mark on Bilbo's front door that causes the
dwarves to visit him in Chapter 1, and he supplies Bilbo with handkerchiefs and tobacco at the start of his
journey so he will not have an excuse to turn back.
Gandalf is depicted at times observing Bilbo; you can infer that he is judging his behavior. When Bilbo
emerges from Gollum's cave, he does not tell the dwarves about the ring of invisibility, but he catches
Gandalf looking at him knowingly. It is shortly after Gandalf leaves the group at the edge of Mirkwood in
Chapter 7 that Bilbo begins to experience his newfound courage and cleverness; he even assumes
Gandalf's function of rescuer when he frees the dwarves from the dungeon of the Elvenking. Gandalf has
functioned as a parent and teacher to Bilbo, and an indication of Bilbo's growth is that he does not need
the physical presence of Gandalf to guide him in the palace of the Elvenking or in Smaug's lair.
BILBO BAGGINS
Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of The Hobbit, is one of a race of creatures about half the size of humans,
beardless and with hairy feet. He lives in an unspecified time that is at once ancient and also very like the
Victorian age, with its cozy domestic routines. Like most hobbits, Bilbo is fond of the comforts of home
and hearth: He loves good, simple food in abundance, and he loves his pipe and well-furnished hobbit-
hole. The book opens, in fact, with Bilbo's smoking a pipe one morning just outside his home; shortly
afterward, he finds himself serving high tea — including coffee, cakes, scones, jam, tart, and pies — to
thirteen dwarves. Memories of this kind of plain English food follow Bilbo throughout his hardships on
his journey, when he is often hungry, and represent what home means to him. Bilbo is also fastidious: He
does not like the mess the dwarves create in his home and, although he has been invited by Gandalf to
join a dramatic adventure, in Chapter 2 he almost returns home because he has forgotten his
handkerchiefs and his pipe.
Bilbo is called upon to do more than he imagines himself capable of. He does not like to travel, preferring
the safety of his hobbit-hole, but he has inherited a streak of adventurousness from his mother's side, the
Tooks. His adventurous Took side and his comfort-loving Baggins side are in conflict throughout much
of the story. For the first half of the book, he is often hapless and rather cowardly. He begins by falling
into a fit when he feels prevailed upon to join Gandalf and the dwarves, and later he must be carried by
Dori when they are escaping the Goblins. In the face of difficulties, he is often afraid and constantly
daydreams of bacon and eggs and wishes himself back home. I
THORIN OAKENSHIELD
Thorin is the leader of the dwarves, and he takes himself very seriously. He is conscious of his position as
son of Thrain and grandson of Thror, King under the Mountain, and mindful of his birthright to the
treasure trove guarded by Smaug. He retains this sense of self throughout the journey until, in Chapter 8,
he is captured by elves and imprisoned in the palace of the Elvenking. At this point, Bilbo assumes the
role of leader, freeing Thorin and the other dwarves when they could do nothing to effect their own
release.
Thorin is brave and intelligent and his leadership of the dwarves is unchallenged; Kili and Fili are
especially loyal to him and eventually die with him in the Battle of Five Armies. He makes a mistake,
however, when he refuses to parley with Bard on the eve of the battle. His intense desire for the treasure,
typical of the dwarf love of beautiful material things, and his refusal to reconcile with the elves are
contributing factors to that war. When he dies of wounds suffered in the Battle of Five Armies, he is
buried with the Arkenstone, a gesture of love but also of the futility of battling for property.
SMAUG
Smaug is a dragon whose evil, like Gollum's, is indicated by his isolation. He lives alone in the Lonely
Mountain, his only purpose to guard the treasure he stole from the dwarves during the reign of Thorin's
grandfather. Smaug rarely leaves his lair, and he sleeps on top of the accumulated ornaments, utensils,
and weapons that constitute the treasure. He represents the wrongful impulse to hoard, to accumulate
beyond what one can use and to refuse to share with others. In revenge for the theft of the Arkenstone, he
destroys the town of Lake-town (Esgaroth). The complete destruction of the town and the displacement of
men, women, and children is depicted as characteristic of Smaug's irrationality and evil. There is nothing
sympathetic about Smaug, and Bard's slaying of him is a relief to all. The evil of his hoarding continues,
however, when Goblins, elves, Wargs, men, and dwarves converge on the Lonely Mountain in a battle
over possession of the treasure.

ELROND
An elf; the proprietor of the Last Homely House at the Edge of Wild and is a leader of the elves. He
translates the runes on the swords taken from the trolls to reveal that they were originally used in the
Goblin-wars and translates the moon-letters on Thorin's map to reveal the importance of Durin's Day.
GOLLUM
Gollum is a fascinating character. Like Smaug, his solitary life is a clue to his wicked nature; all other
characters in the book, even the evil Goblins and Wargs, are members of communities. Gollum is so alone
that he speaks only to himself, even on the rare occasions when he finds himself with someone else, as he
does with Bilbo in Chapter 5. He speaks to others in the third person, apparently unable to say "you," and
he calls himself "my precious" out of a perverted kind of self-love. He is clever, as seen when he engages
Bilbo in the exchange of riddles, but his cleverness is only a means of entrapping his victims. He is the
owner of the ring of invisibility, and he flies into a murderous rage when he realizes that Bilbo has found
it.

Summary
Who is Bilbo Baggins?
The hobbit’s name is Baggins, and he belongs to a well-to-do family of hobbits that never gets involved
in adventure. The narrator notes that The Hobbit is the story of how Baggins became involved in an
adventure and lost some of his neighbors’ respect. The narrator will leave it up to the reader to decide
whether Baggins gained anything from his adventure.Tolkien narrates The Hobbit in a third-person
omniscient voice; this creates a tone of reassurance that Bilbo will survive his dangerous adventures.
Bilbo Baggins, the Baggins about whom The Hobbit is written, is the child of the hobbit Belladonna
Took, who was herself the daughter of the famous Old Took. The Tooks were rumored to be distantly
related to fairies, and they were said to go on adventures occasionally. Belladonna Took never went on
adventures; instead, she married Bungo Baggins, who used Belladonna’s mother’s money to build the
hobbit-hole where Bilbo lives. At the time when the story begins, Bilbo is fully grown—about fifty years
old.
Entrance of Hobbit in unexpected journey :
One morning, Bilbo is sitting outside his home smoking, when Gandalf passes by. Gandalf, an old man
who wears a grey cloak and carries a staff, is famous among hobbits. He was friends with Old Took, but
hasn’t been by The Hill since Took’s death. Bilbo, doesn’t recognize Gandalf, but greets him; Gandalf
tells Bilbo that he is looking for someone to accompany him on an adventure. Bilbo lives a very
comfortable life and before it "nothing unexpected ever happened ".

Bilbo refuses, saying that hobbits don’t take part in adventures,"nasty, disturbing, uncomfortable things ",
and pretends to ignore Gandalf. Gandalf then introduces himself to Bilbo, who is impressed, having heard
stories about how Gandalf would bring quiet young people on adventures.Gandalf is amused by Bilbo’s
behavior, and marks Bilbo’s door with a strange sign before he leaves.Gandalf seems to sense (and
perhaps knew before even meeting Bilbo) that Bilbo secretly wants to go on an adventure, but can’t admit
it.
Bilbo has almost complete the preparing of supper. So he’s surprised to hear a knock at his door and find
a dwarf, who introduces himself as Dwalin, standing outside his home.Bilbo is flustered, but invites
Dwalin inside. A little later, he hears another knock on the door, and finds anther dwarf, Balin—Dwalin’s
brother. Again, he invites Balin in. In this manner, he lets a total of thirteen dwarves into his house:
Dwalin, Balin, Fili, Kili, Dori, Ori, Oin, Gloin, Bifur, Nori, Bofur, Bombur, who’s very fat, and Thorin
Oakenshield, who is haughty. Gandalf arrives along with the last four dwarves. All thirteen
dwarves,except for Thorin, who’s too important to join in, ask for food and sing songs about ruining
Bilbo’s home, though they actually treat it with great care.

The dwarves play music and sing of the dwarves of the past, who lived in a great hall beneath a mountain,
where they mined gold and jewels. A dragon attacked the dwarves and drove them from their home, and
now they must quest to reclaim their home and their treasure.As Bilbo hears this song, he’s momentarily
filled with a desire to go on adventures, but this desire disappears soon after the music ends.
Thorin rises from his seat and praises Bilbo, who he calls the dwarves’ co-conspirator, for his hospitality.
He alludes to a great adventure on which Bilbo is to accompany the dwarves, and comments that Bilbo
may never return. The dwarves inform him that there was a sign on his door claiming that he is a burglar
looking for employment; Gandalf reveals that it was he who wrote this sign, but that the dwarves should
accept Bilbo as their co-conspirator.
Gandalf produces a map, which he tells Thorin belonged to Thror, Thorin’s grandfather. The map shows a
hall beneath a mountain, marked with the symbol of a red dragon. Gandalf explains that there is a secret
passageway into the mountain, which is too small for a dragon to use itself.He had attempted to recruit
warriors for the dwarves’ expedition, but found that warriors were too busy fighting, and for this reason
chose a burglar, Bilbo. He also gives Thorin the key to the secret passageway.Gandalf also tells why he
choose a hobbit as burglar :
"Hobbits are remarkably light on their feet. In fact, they can pass unseen by most, if they choose. And,
while the dragon is accustomed to the smell of dwarf... the scent of hobbit is all but unknown to him...
which gives us a distinct advantage. "
Bilbo, who loves maps, asks for an explanation of the dwarves’ quest. Thorin explains that the fourteen
dwarves in Bilbo’s house were the dwarves in their song. His grandfather, Thror, was King under the
Mountain—King of a vast Dwarf city under the Lonely Mountain—and his subjects’ skill as miners and
craftsmen brought trade, wealth, and prosperity to the surrounding area, and led also to the establishment
of a large town for men, the Dale, which served as a hub of trade. A dragon, Smaug, heard about the
dwarves’ wealth, and drove them from their home, keeping the treasure for itself.
Dwarfs offer him a contract for sign and tells him that there is no guarantee of his life. Bilbo is so
shocked by this that he screams and faints.He has vivid, unusual dreams that night, and wakes up late.The
dwarves’ tale marks them as a group that has had their home, and wealth, stolen from them. Now the
stakes begin to be set: Bilbo has a home with which he is content (both his hole and his life among
Hobbits), but the dwarves are without a home, without their birthright, and must go on an adventurous
quest to get it back and the implication is that Bilbo could choose to leave his own home to go on the
quest.
Bilbo’s dual nature – his love of comfort alongside his yearning for adventure – are again on display here.
It is interesting that what he initially wishes is not dislike of the dwarves or adventure but a wish to forget
all about it. It is as if his "domestic side" is seeking to repress his "adventurous side".Gandalf motivates
him , telling him that he is also Took and how great was his uncle? He tells hobbit that:
"The world is not in your books and maps. It's out there. "
Gandalf also tells him if you return "you will not be the same." Yet all it takes is a little push from
Gandalf and he is off and running. The fact that he forgets his hat and cloak symbolizes the other, less
tangible baggage he’s leaving behind—his comfort, his peacefulness, his safety, etc.

Bilbo agrees to go on a journey, partly out of pride, because the dwarves are skeptical of his ability . He
loves adventures and wants to explore the world but he was hesitant. Gandalf helps him by forcing him to
join the journey.
Adventure with Orcs
Although all Orcs are essentially the same species. "Orcs" in the Hobbit may not actually be "Orcs" at all.
In the book, they are referred to as goblins. Many people think that goblins and Orcs are two different
species, who both look and act different, but are still related in some ways. Like two species of the same
family. In many ways Orcs are a bit more like a dog
breeds in this sense, as some of the Orcs shown in the
films have highly characteristics features. In the story,
when the Orcs scene …
THIS WAY! QUICKLY!
THERE MORE COMING!
KILI SHOT THEM! KILI SHOT THEM! WE’RE
SURROUNDED!
WHERE GANDALFS?
HE’S ABANDOUS US
COME ON MOVE! QUICKLY ALL OF YOU!
ELVES,I CANNOT SEE
WHERE THE PATHWAY LEDS DO WE FOLLOW IT OR NOT?
FOLLOW IT OFFCOURSE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE WISE COME ON
The Dwarf –scum are over there after them, this was your plan all along to seek refuge with enemy ,you
have no enemies here Thorin .you think the Elves will gives our quest there blessing ?they will try to stop
us .of course they will, but we have question that need to be answered if we are to be successful. When
the Orcs attack they used the cave to save his own life.
For example Goblins as started before can be interchanged with Orcs, Goblin is most often referred to
cave dwelling orc breeds as well as in the books, as there seem to be some correlation.
When the Orcs didn’t bring the king’s head .The dwarves master got angry,
The Dwarves master we lost them ambushed by Elvish filth we were,
I DON’T WANT EXCUSE S
I WANT THE HEAD OF THE DWARF KING
We were outnumbered there was nothing we could do i barely escaped with my life .The Dwarf scum will
show themselves soon enough.
SEND OUT WORD THERE IS A PRICE ON THEIR HEADS.
Entry into Elves Land
The entry of dwarves into Rivendell, a city of Elves. It’s not making them to sing or laugh. They'll begun
to feel the increasing danger and weight of their quest. But there Elrond, the elf-Lord gives them food and
lodgings. The way to Rivendell is difficult, but when the group arrives, they were greeted by the sound of
Elves singing. Gandalf eagerly greets the elves with whom he's friendly.
The group stays in and enjoy food and music. Elrond who is not trustworthy for Thorin because of his last
experience. But on the saying if Gandalf, Thorin gives map to Elrond who examines and on it finds moon
letters, which can only be read by the light of the moon.
Stand by the gray stone
When the thrush knocks
And the sitting sun with the last light
Of Durin's Day
Will shine up on the keyhole
The message says that on Durin's Day, the first day of dwarves, new year, taking place between autumn
and winter. the light of the settings sun will shine upon key hole to the secret passageway to smaug's lair.
Elrond also read the runs on the two swords of Gandalf and Thorin, found in the trolls possession and
reveals that, the famous Goblins killing weapons. Gandalf meets with lady Galadriel and white wizard
Saruman. Gandalf tells them about Necromancer but they don't believe. At least, he shows them Morgul
blade. As further, dwarfs leave the Elves land without Gandalf towards Misty Mountains.
They get stuck into an other trouble of rock storm. In which giant stones fight together and become huge
danger for their lives.
Adventure with Goblins
After the scariest situation of giants rocks fight, Filli and killi, the two youngest dwarves, find a cave that
can provide shelter from the storm. Thorin asks them if there are sure the killi and Filli come back to
quickly to be at all sure of this, they insist that it is. The group goes into the cave. Thorin divides them
from lightning a fire. They rest.
in the middle of the night bilbow wakes up prepare himself for going back home. Suddenly he sword
lightning blue. Thorin who is waking already makes everybody ready to fight. But the Goblins seize the
Group of Dwarves as a prisoner.
The goblins lead Bilbo and the dwarves to their leader, the great Goblin. They identify the sword of
Thorin as ORCRIST sword that has killed hundreds of Goblins. At this exact moment, the lights go out, a
brightness appears to float through the room and kills the Goblins. Gandalf asks Thorin and other
companions to turn and fight by using ORCRIST and weapons. They kill man goblins, then turn back and
continue running away.
On the other side, Bilbo during a fight with a goblin, he falls deep into a cavern, hits his head on a rock
and loses conscious cave Bilbo wakes up and finds himself alone in a cold ,dark cave. There is the
appearance of a character Gollum makes the situation interesting. He hired himself from Gollum as he is
going to eat a goblin who fell with Bilbo. During the action between Goblin and Gollum, he loses his
ring. Bilbo protect himself by using little lightning sword. Gollum question about him as he asks he is
hobbit. Next, agreement died between them. The Gollum suggests that the compition of riddles. The lost
one will loss his benefits as Gollum chance of eating hobbit meat and tells himself the right way of
escape. But Bilbo will lose his life on missing chance.
Riddle one is done by Gollum, as he enjoys to do that and show his cleverness
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
Bilbo answers it quickly and say mountain and it leads to compition.
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouth less mutters.
Bilbo shows his brilliance
and give its answer "wind"
The last one is about the question what is in the pocket of Bilbo.
Gollum at least reaches the point and finds that ring is in the pocket of Bilbo. So, he's wants to catch him
but fails because Bilbo accidentally put ring in his finger. It become seems a turning point of his life
because her gets the ring of vanishing power. He reaches to other dwarves and escape from Gollum by
using this mysterious ring.
Battle with Orcs

Azog hunts Thorin and Company, having taken an oath to break the line of Durin. He leads a band of
Hunter Orcs and rides a huge white warg. He is also shown wearing a prosthetic hand and forearm in
place of his missing left arm. In a climactic scene of the film, Azog and his band of warg riders finally
catch up with Thorin and Company, who are forced to climb trees to escape the wargs. However the
wargs bring down the trees, leaving the company on a tree hanging over a cliff. Thorin cannot hold back
his anger and charges at Azog, who easily fells Thorin with his mace. Azog then orders one of his Orc
followers to bring him Thorin's head, but the wounded Dwarf lord is saved by Bilbo Baggins. Azog goes
after Bilbo while Thorin and Company are rescued by Great Eagles. Most of the Orcs and wargs are
killed by the eagles, but Azog, his white Warg, and a few of the Orc riders are left alive.
Following their escape from Goblin-town, Thorin and Company were set upon by a pack of wargs in the
woods east of the Misty Mountains. The wargs forced Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and the rest of the
company into the trees until being repelled by burning pinecones which Gandalf supplied to the Dwarves.
The goblins who had planned to meet the wargs then arrived, and intended to recapture the members of
the company, but were denied this when the company was rescued by the Great Eagles and taken to the
Eagle's Eyrie.