The Hobbit: Reading Response
I have loved the Lord of the Rings movies ever since they came out. I liked the battle scenes and the plot of the whole story. "A ring to rule them all..." That phrase sounds really cool and just by reading those few words you want to know more. But before the Lord of the Rings, there was the book the Hobbit. The movie for it came out about a year ago and I thought it was really interesting. I saw the first two movies and the third one comes out in a few months. I decided to start reading the book to find out exactly what happens next.
The story starts out in the main character, Bilbo Baggins, home. He is approached by a by-standard who is later known as Gandalf. Gandalf has an adventure in store for Bilbo. He asks him to join him and his fellow compatriots, who are dwarves, to take back their homeland. The dwarves homeland was stolen and taken over by a dragon named Smaug. There's only one problem; there are only 13 dwarves against a huge fire breathing dragon. This is a huge task for the dwarves and it relates back to me in a way. My basketball team and I are going to go up against many great teams in the Tournament of Champions. We are mighty underdogs going up against these fierce "fire breathing" competitors. It just reminds me of that.
An interesting quote I found was the during first encounter between Gandalf and Bilbo. Bilbo greets Gandalf with a "good morning" and Gandalf responds with,
“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?” (Page 4-5).
This quote is showing how Gandalf intends to test Bilbo to see if he may be up for the challenge that awaits them. Is he the right one to join their quest? The author, J.R.R. Tolkien, uses a great quote to show the amusing/weird side of Gandalf. It brings the reader in to find out what will happen next.
The story starts out in the main character, Bilbo Baggins, home. He is approached by a by-standard who is later known as Gandalf. Gandalf has an adventure in store for Bilbo. He asks him to join him and his fellow compatriots, who are dwarves, to take back their homeland. The dwarves homeland was stolen and taken over by a dragon named Smaug. There's only one problem; there are only 13 dwarves against a huge fire breathing dragon. This is a huge task for the dwarves and it relates back to me in a way. My basketball team and I are going to go up against many great teams in the Tournament of Champions. We are mighty underdogs going up against these fierce "fire breathing" competitors. It just reminds me of that.
An interesting quote I found was the during first encounter between Gandalf and Bilbo. Bilbo greets Gandalf with a "good morning" and Gandalf responds with,
“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?” (Page 4-5).
This quote is showing how Gandalf intends to test Bilbo to see if he may be up for the challenge that awaits them. Is he the right one to join their quest? The author, J.R.R. Tolkien, uses a great quote to show the amusing/weird side of Gandalf. It brings the reader in to find out what will happen next.
This book is great and I love this post. Better than the movies but the movies are still great.
ReplyDeleteI love the Hobbit. It's one of my favorite books. This post is great and I like your picture.
ReplyDeleteThis book is one of the best! It should be a requirement to read it in school because it is just that good!
ReplyDeleteLord of the rings scared me as a kid.
ReplyDeleteThe picture you chose is scary, and I don't like it. but at least you like the book, so that's good!
ReplyDeleteI read The Hobbit freshmen year. I really liked it. Hope you do too.
ReplyDeleteI don't read lord of the rings books often, but when I do... I prefer The Hobbit.
ReplyDeleteThe movie was great, so I think I'll give the book a chance!
ReplyDeleteDude yesssss! Why is it called "Lord of the Rings" when there was just one ring to rule them all? #mindblown
ReplyDeleteThe picture you chose fits perfectly
ReplyDeleteI tried reading the book and it is really advanced and I didn't understand half of the words but the movie was awesome!
ReplyDeleteI need to read this, we both know how much I love the movies.
ReplyDeleteI have never read these or seen the movies.. I might have to try them out.
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