Reading Response

 

Reading Response #1: The Hobbit Ending

 

 

This picture shows the true side of Thorin Oakenshield
his impact on all the dwarves and hobbits.

     I have just finished reading The Hobbit. I haven't read the book since winter break and I decided that I needed to finish it to finally figure out what happens. After the elves showed up to confront the dwarves for a share in their wealth, a huge orc army shows up and attacks both armies. During the battle, Bilbo is struck by a weapon and is knocked out for the whole fight. When he wakes up he finds out that 3 of his dwarf friends were killed in action, but they defeated the orc army. Unfortunately, Bilbo is saddened to hear that Thorin was killed by the White orc. But before he died, he killed the White orc saving many of his companions lives. Then the book ends with Bilbo coming back to the Shire as a local hero.  A quote that I liked in the ending of the book was,

 

     "Then Bilbo turned away, and he went by himself, and sat alone wrapped in a blanket, and, whether you believe it or not, he wept until his eyes were red and his voice was hoarse. He was a kindly little soul. Indeed it was long before he had the heart to make a joke again."

 

     I thought this quote helped show the audience that Bilbo didn't just think of Thorin as a companion, but as a true friend. J.R.R. Tolkien did a great job by telling the audience of the true friendship between a hobbit and a dwarf. It's a very odd and unlikely bond between two individuals.