Angrist
06-24-2002, 04:52 PM
THE HOBBIT
by JRR Tolkien
Bookreport
made by Stephan Moed AKA Angrist
If a fellow student wants to read this book and asks you what it is about, how would you outline its contents?
'The Hobbit' is about a group Dwarfs, a Wizard and a Hobbit. A Hobbit is a creature, like a human, it's just a bit smaller, about 3 foot high. They live in a world with Humans, Elves, Dwarfs, Hobbits, Trolls, goblins, Dragons and other creatures. Bilbo, a Hobbit, lives in a village named Hobbiton a quiet life in his hobbit-hole. One day Gandalf, a Wizard, arrives at Bilbo's home. With him come thirteen Dwarfs. Gandalf wants Bilbo to go with them to regain the gold that the Dwarfs once lost to a Dragon. Much adventures will befall Bilbo, who wishes more than once that he was just at home in his nice hole by the fire.
What did the writer mean by this book?
The writer didn't write the book to teach us something, but to entertain us. He created his own world and tells one of the most important stories of it. You can learn much about the lives of hobbits, dwarfs, elves and men who live in Middle-Earth, which is helpful when you're going to read another one of his books.
Was there a character with whom you could identify? Who and why?
Bilbo was the one with whom I could best identify. That's because Bilbo starts the book in his own house, just like us, and the whole world is mostly new to him. On one hand Bilbo loves the adventures, on the other hand he is very glad when he is eventually back home again in one piece.
Was the world in the book entirely new and strange for you or was it familiar?
The world was mostly new to me, because I've never read a book of Tolkien before. I didn't know what Hobbits, Elves and Wizards were and all the cities and other places don't exist in reality. But otherwise, I knew what Orcs and some of the other creatures were because I've played a computer game with such creatures, so I knew something about it.
Select a passage that you particularly like and copy it. Explain your choice.
Pages 86 and 87. I like this part because I was very curious what would happen, Gollum is a strange creature, so it was a little bit exciting and a bit scary too, because Bilbo is alone with just that creature in a dark cave.
Which parts in the book did you find difficult to read? Is there anything you didn't understand? Explain your choice.
The prelude was the most difficult part, but even that wasn't too hard. This is the hardest part because it hasn't got a story, it's all a little bit abstract, so it is harder to guess what a word means. I can't really remember parts which I didn't understand at all. It is actually written as a childbook, so it's lots easier to read than for example "The Lord Of The Rings".
Find some of the emotional moments in the book. Select two such moments and explain what you felt.
Chapter 17 is all an emotional moment, it's the moment of The War Of Five Armies. It is very delightful to see that some characters come to help to kill goblins and Wargs, for example Beorn and the Eagles. Like I said, I felt delight.
The chapter after it, you'll read that Fili and Kili have died, and Thorin dies in that chapter too. They are three of the main Dwarfs. I felt pity and anger.
by JRR Tolkien
Bookreport
made by Stephan Moed AKA Angrist
If a fellow student wants to read this book and asks you what it is about, how would you outline its contents?
'The Hobbit' is about a group Dwarfs, a Wizard and a Hobbit. A Hobbit is a creature, like a human, it's just a bit smaller, about 3 foot high. They live in a world with Humans, Elves, Dwarfs, Hobbits, Trolls, goblins, Dragons and other creatures. Bilbo, a Hobbit, lives in a village named Hobbiton a quiet life in his hobbit-hole. One day Gandalf, a Wizard, arrives at Bilbo's home. With him come thirteen Dwarfs. Gandalf wants Bilbo to go with them to regain the gold that the Dwarfs once lost to a Dragon. Much adventures will befall Bilbo, who wishes more than once that he was just at home in his nice hole by the fire.
What did the writer mean by this book?
The writer didn't write the book to teach us something, but to entertain us. He created his own world and tells one of the most important stories of it. You can learn much about the lives of hobbits, dwarfs, elves and men who live in Middle-Earth, which is helpful when you're going to read another one of his books.
Was there a character with whom you could identify? Who and why?
Bilbo was the one with whom I could best identify. That's because Bilbo starts the book in his own house, just like us, and the whole world is mostly new to him. On one hand Bilbo loves the adventures, on the other hand he is very glad when he is eventually back home again in one piece.
Was the world in the book entirely new and strange for you or was it familiar?
The world was mostly new to me, because I've never read a book of Tolkien before. I didn't know what Hobbits, Elves and Wizards were and all the cities and other places don't exist in reality. But otherwise, I knew what Orcs and some of the other creatures were because I've played a computer game with such creatures, so I knew something about it.
Select a passage that you particularly like and copy it. Explain your choice.
Pages 86 and 87. I like this part because I was very curious what would happen, Gollum is a strange creature, so it was a little bit exciting and a bit scary too, because Bilbo is alone with just that creature in a dark cave.
Which parts in the book did you find difficult to read? Is there anything you didn't understand? Explain your choice.
The prelude was the most difficult part, but even that wasn't too hard. This is the hardest part because it hasn't got a story, it's all a little bit abstract, so it is harder to guess what a word means. I can't really remember parts which I didn't understand at all. It is actually written as a childbook, so it's lots easier to read than for example "The Lord Of The Rings".
Find some of the emotional moments in the book. Select two such moments and explain what you felt.
Chapter 17 is all an emotional moment, it's the moment of The War Of Five Armies. It is very delightful to see that some characters come to help to kill goblins and Wargs, for example Beorn and the Eagles. Like I said, I felt delight.
The chapter after it, you'll read that Fili and Kili have died, and Thorin dies in that chapter too. They are three of the main Dwarfs. I felt pity and anger.