Reading Response #4: The Hobbit

 

 

     The turn for the worst has occurred to Bilbo and his clan of dwarves. Smaug has left the city of Arahbor and decided to fly to Lake Town, which is populated with thousands of innocent people. Smaug then decides to show the dwarves whose is the "real" king under the mountain. He swoops down and kills hundreds of people. But one civilian named Barg, finds a huge spear specially made to kill dragons like Smaug. He shoots it killing the dragon and saving his town from complete destruction. This whole part of the book reminds me too much of the terrible attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. I can picture the destruction on that day and how it could impact the lives of the people of Lake Town, if they were real. I wonder how the people of Lake Town feel about Bilbo and the dwarves waking the dragon and making him kill many of their loved ones.

 

    

 

 

This picture to the left is how I can picture Lake Town during the attack from Smaug. The fire everywhere shows how much would have survived after the attack. These people's lives are going to go through a major change.

 

 

 

 

One quote that sticks out to me in the book is when Bilbo tried convincing Smaug not to go to Lake Town. He's trying his best to convince him not to go, but Smaug decides to go and make them all watch him kill innocent people. Bilbo then says,

 

"Oh god, what have we done." (pg. 298).

 

This quote gives you chills and it just makes you get on the edge of your seat waiting and wanting to find out what happens next in the story. It explains in just a few short words that the dragon coming and attacking the town is all there fault. Tolkien does a good job in creating suspense for the reader and writing a well rounded story to this part so far.