Hobbit Essays

J.R.R Tolkien’s creation has fascinated many fantasy readers all over the world. Inspired by writings, languages, and fantasies of Icelandic linguistic traditions the Oxford professor develops the fictional world of Middle Earth. The Hobbit is a sequel to The Lord of the Rings. Initially, the tale was written in the …

What similarities have you seen between the book, The Hobbit, and Beowulf? At first I saw major differences between Beowulf and The Hobbit. One is a story that was once a simple bed time story for the author’s children and the other is a poem that is the oldest English …

The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer and passed down the centuries by the oral tradition. The Hobbit is a fantasy novel authored by J.R.R. Tolkien introducing the world-renowned Lord of the Rings series. At first glance, the similarities might seem vague, but the veil opens when examined …

In the Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien uses stereotypes as a way to portray the different races in his book. He starts the story off with the line “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”(page 1), Hobbits are presented by Tolkien as small creatures who are similar to humans …