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THE HOBBIT

The Hobbit By J.R.R. Tolkien, published by Ballantine Books in 1937, 304 pages.
The Hobbit is a book that shows that even the most unlikely person, or hobbit can turn
out to be a real hero. In the book, Bilbo gets caught up in an adventure that will later
change his life. 
In the beginning Bilbo Baggins ran into an old acquaintance, Gandalf, a wizard, who he
had met many years earlier at festivals, in which Gandalf made fireworks with his magic.
Bilbo and Gandalf talked for a while and Bilbo being the kind hobbit he was invited him
for tea the next day. 
The next day at about the time Bilbo had expected Gandalf he heard a knock at the door,
but when he opened the door it was in fact not Gandalf but a little dwarf the dwarf
introduced himself and let himself in. After that many dwarves followed, in fact 9 more
had come to the little hobbit's doorstep. Then finally after all the dwarves had made
themselves comfortable he heard another wrap at the door, and sure enough it was Gandalf
along with 3 other dwarves.
That night Gandalf and the dwarves spoke of adventure and of dragon's gold that had once
belonged to the leader of the dwarves father. They also spoke of an adventure they were
about to embark on, and then they turned to Gandalf and asked what of the 13th member of
the party. Gandalf spoke up and said, My, the one I have chosen is the burglar Mr.
Baggins. Bilbo did not seem pleased he had no need of adventure, even though he was
secretly intrigued, but more so he was very frightened. After a bit of discussion Bilbo
agreed to go and they all went to bed. 
When morning came Bilbo found no one in his hobbit hole, and it is needless to say that
he was pleased, yet he was also a bit disappointed. Then he found a note from Gandalf on
the Mantle telling him to meet them at the inn. So he did and his adventure had begun.
Many conflicts transpired during their trip to the lonely mountain where the dragon lay
with their gold. Those involving many fights, traps, dark forests, and having to deal
with creatures like trolls, goblins, elves, spiders, and many others. In one such
conflict Bilbo found a magic ring that allowed him to become invisible.
When they finally reached the lonely mountain they had to find a secret door, which led
to a secret entrance into it. Because it wouldn't be very wise to enter through the front
door of a cave inhabited by a dragon. When they found it, they had to decide who would
sneak in there and see if the dragon was there. And who did they choose but poor Bilbo
who had already bailed them out of many bad incidences already. When he went in he
noticed that the dragon was nowhere in sight, so he did what any burglar would have done
he grabbed the biggest gold thing he could find. He then took it back to the dwarves they
were overjoyed. But they forgot one thing that even though the dragon may not be there he
was not going to stay gone for long. 
When the dragon came back he noticed that there was something missing from his beautiful
treasure. He was outraged, and with dragons keen sense of smell he knew that the thieves
were still there. Later that night Bilbo slipped on his ring and snuck down to where the
dragon was and spoke to him and told him who he was in a round about sort of way. By this
the dragon sensed where he had come from and he went to where the lake men lived to
destroy the village. Days past and the party had not heard nor seen the dragon. So Bilbo
again snuck down to the cave and inspected and he did not see the dragon, but he did see
something that struck his fancy a very large diamond and he knew that this must be the
heart of the mountain that he heard the dwarves speak of so often, he was so intrigued by
its beauty that he decided to keep it for himself. So he stuck it in his pocket and
called for the dwarves. They all came down and were struck with awe at the sight of the
treasure, But they did not forget the dragon this time so they armed themselves with
weapons and put on armor and got ready for a battle.
Meanwhile the dragon had already been killed by a very brave man, Bard, who was already
on his way to claim his part of they treasure so that he could rebuild his kingdom that
had also been taken by the dragon in the past. But the party saw them and they had other
plans they wanted to keep this treasure for themselves, well all except for Bilbo, which
had no problem with sharing. As time went on the dwarves barricaded themselves in the
mountain and Bard had pleaded with the leader of the dwarves to just give him a share
since he was the one who killed the dragon, but he still refused because he had grown
greedy and he was still upset because he could not find his heart of the mountain. 
Meanwhile the word the dragon's death had spread far and wide until it reached the
goblins and when they heard of it they headed toward the mountain to claim the treasure.
A war was brewing that no one quite knew the extent of, well not yet anyway. 
Back at the mountain, Bilbo was growing quite tired of this endless argument between Bard
and the dwarves. So that night he snuck out and went to Bard and he told him what was
going on and he gave him the 'heart as a bargaining chip to get the leader to give. When
he found out what Bard had he was outraged and called Bard a thief and asked how he got
it and Bilbo spoke up and told him he gave it to him. The leader called him a traitor and
threw him out. As time went by they all saw the goblins coming their way and they all
prepared for battle. The war went on for a long time and they all came out victorious
over the goblins. The leader received a mortal wound and his dying words were apologizing
to Bilbo and he called him a true friend.
I thought this book was wonderful it was a story that could be an inspiration to many
people that want to achieve what they think is impossible.
I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a book with adventure and a good story
line.