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The Hobbit
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
Genre: Childrens Literature, Fantasy

Setting: Middle Earth

Main Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Gandalf the Wizard, The Dwarves, Elrond, the Lord of The Elves, Gollum, Bard, and Smaug.

Bilbo Baggins lives in Bag End and who live a peaceful and quiet life. While smoking his pipe one day an old man wearing a long cloak appears, he recognized the man to be wizard Gandalf who asks Bilbo to go along on an adventure. Bilbo became confused and declined the offer and told Gandalf to come back tomorrow. The next day Bilbo finds himself surrounded by thirteen dwarves and no wizard Gandalf. He tries to be a nice host even though he becomes angry a frustrated from the dwarves no even giving a thankyou. The dwarves eat while talking about their journey to an old home beneath Lonely Mountain. The story is about a dragon named Smaug who chased their forefathers from the mountain and stole their treasure. The group now wants Bilbo to come along as their thief. The next morning Bilbo wakes up to no dwarves in his home until gandalf comes through the door and rushes Bilbo out to meet the others to begin their journey. They travel further than Bilbo ever has. One night, gandalf disappears they cannot make a fire because it is too wet and cold. Suddenly, they see a fire in the distance. Thorin, the leader of the dwarves, sends Bilbo ahead to investigate. There are three trolls eating mutton around a fire. Bilbo tries to pick a pocket but is captured. Soon, all of the dwarves are captured and the trolls decide whether to eat or squish them. Gandalf returns and tricks the trolls to stay out and turn to stone from the sun.

The group travels farther and arrives at a magical place called Rivendell. They stay here to get fresh supplies. They leave and enter the mountains, their path is dangerous and decide to take shelter in a cave during a snowstorm and sleep. Bilbo wakes to see the ponies being stolen, then they are all grabbed by goblins, except for Gandalf who makes himself disappear. Right before the dwarves are to be killed Gandalf appears and kills the Great Goblin. The travelers try to find their way out of the cave as the Goblins retreat, but Bilbo falls on his way out and loses consciousness. When he wakes up he finds a ring and wanders until he runs into a creature named Gollum. Gollum challenges him to a riddle contest, and Bilbo wins. Bilbo realizes that the ring is Gollum's lost ring, and it makes him invisible. Bilbo uses it to escape from Gollum and flee the goblins. He finds a tunnel leading up out of the mountain and discovers that the dwarves and Gandalf have already escaped. Soon they are forced to climb up trees to escape giant wolves, they cannot fight them off and are in more danger when goblins arrive. Giant eagles notice the scene, and rescue the travelers, they take them near a dark forest called Mirkwood. Here they stay with a man named Beorn who helps them by providing them with food and ponies. When they get to the edge of the forest, they must send the ponies back. Gandalf leaves them at the edge of Mirkwood, warning them not to stray from the path.

The forest is dark and terrible. One of the dwarves falls into a stream that makes him fall asleep causing the rest to carry him. After many days, they are near the end of their food and go against gandalphs advice and leave when they see lights in the trees. Unfortunatley, giant spiders capture them but Bilbo escapes and rescues them with his sword and magic ring. Thorin is missing. He was captured by wood-elves. Soon, the rest of the group is captured except for Bilbo. Bilbo spends weeks wandering through the wood-elves' home invisible, and he comes up with a plan. Bilbo uses his ring to help the company escape and slips the dwarves away from the elves by hiding them inside barrels, which he then floats down the river.

In Esgaroth, they are treated like royalty, and after a week, they set off towards the mountain. When they get there, they search for the secret entrance and find it after a lot of trouble. At first they could not open the gate but then discover a hidden keyhole. After sneaking into the mountain, Bilbo talks to the sly dragon Smaug, who unwittingly reveals that his weak spot near his heart. When Bilbo steals a golden cup from the dragon, Smaug is furious and flies out of the mountain to burn Lake Town in his rage. In Esgaroth, the dragon destroys the town but is killed by a man named Bard, who was told of its weak point. The men begin to rebuild their city, but some of them join a passing elf army in search of Smaug's treasure. The dwarves are informed of the coming armies by a raven, and they decide to fortify the mountain and send a bird to Thorin's cousin. When the armies arrive, Thorin refuses to compromise. Bilbo steals a valuable stone and gives it to the armies as a means of bargaining, but Thorin will not bargain.
 
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