BSW3702 PORTFOLIO (COMPLETE QUESTIONS
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Gandalf 'felt' that he was bolder than the other
Why does Gandalf think hobbits and he decided to have Bilbo join Thorin and
Bilbo would make a good his company. Gandalf never explicitly said why he had
"Burglar"? chosen poor Bilbo to join him and the dwarves in their
expedition, though.
I suppose that the first problem Bilbo and the
dwarves come across is when they need a place to
sleep, Gandalf is gone, one of the horses ran away,
and they are low on food. They really wished Gandalf
What is the first problem was there, but they had to cope on their own. If that
Bilbo and the dwarves isn't considered a major problem then I would say that
encounter on their quest? the encounter with trolls. Trolls hate dwarves and will
How is the problem eat them. The dwarves are caught and about to be
solved? cooked and Bilbo doesn't know what to do. Luckily
Gandalf came back in time and saved the day by
imitating the voices of the trolls to make them argue,
which takes time for the sun to rise and the trolls to
turn into stone.
Durin's Day is the first day of the dwarves New Year. It
is the first day of the last moon of Autumn on the
What is Durin's Day? Why
threshold of Winter. It's called Durin's Day because it
is it important?
is when the last moon of Autumn and the sun are in
the sky together.
,In the opening pages of Bilbo Baggin's is a Hobbit. He is short, fat, and actually
The Hobbit Tolkien writes: quite old. He likes to keep a tidy house and could eat
"This is the story of how a all day long. He came from two different sides of a
Baggins had an adventure, Hobbit: the Took side and the Baggin side. Took's are
and found himself doing adventurous and less respected than the Bagginses
and saying things who were rich and predictable. Bilbo only has
altogether unexpected. occasional emotions from the Took side, but they
He may have lost the happen every so often. He is mostly a complete
neighbours' respect, but Bagginses. He likes to have a set schedule and order.
he gained - well, you will
see whether he gained
anything in the end."
Tolkien alerts the readers
to the fact that Bilbo will
change. To track Bilbo's
change, we must first
establish the sort of
person he is at the book's
beginning. Write a brief
personality description of
Bilbo using specific
examples from the text.
, Each are very recognizable by their outward
appearance. Almost all of them seem good hearted
and pleasant to be around. Hobbits are short, dwarfs
dress distinctively, trolls talk differently from all the
others, and elves seem quite foolish and are always
singing nonsense.
Hobbits
Small, have no beards, half our height, super quiet, fat,
In the first three chapters
feet with lots of curly hair, long clever brown fingers,
of The Hobbit, Tolkien
fruity laughs, and good-natured faces.
introduces us to four of
Shy, good manners, and proper
the many races that
populate Middle-earth.
Dwarves
Compare and contrast
Beards, taller than hobbits, wear cloaks and hoods
these races. What seems
Loves fine arts, eating, and revenge
to be the distinguishing
characteristics of each?
Trolls
Heavy faces, big, recognizable shape of their legs
Language is rough and not proper, short-tempered,
dumb
Elves
Long hair, laughs, immoral, recover from injuries, only
die if emotional pain
Loved singing foolish things
What is Thorin's motivation Thorin wants to get all the riches that the dragon is
for returning to the protecting.Thorin's motives are somewhat pure, but
mountain? What does he not completely. The treasure is not just for him, but for
want to achieve or attain in all the dwarves and he is being quite selfish about it.
this adventure? What do
you think of his motivation
- are his motives pure and
justified? Why or why not?
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Terms in this set (42)
Gandalf 'felt' that he was bolder than the other
Why does Gandalf think hobbits and he decided to have Bilbo join Thorin and
Bilbo would make a good his company. Gandalf never explicitly said why he had
"Burglar"? chosen poor Bilbo to join him and the dwarves in their
expedition, though.
I suppose that the first problem Bilbo and the
dwarves come across is when they need a place to
sleep, Gandalf is gone, one of the horses ran away,
and they are low on food. They really wished Gandalf
What is the first problem was there, but they had to cope on their own. If that
Bilbo and the dwarves isn't considered a major problem then I would say that
encounter on their quest? the encounter with trolls. Trolls hate dwarves and will
How is the problem eat them. The dwarves are caught and about to be
solved? cooked and Bilbo doesn't know what to do. Luckily
Gandalf came back in time and saved the day by
imitating the voices of the trolls to make them argue,
which takes time for the sun to rise and the trolls to
turn into stone.
Durin's Day is the first day of the dwarves New Year. It
is the first day of the last moon of Autumn on the
What is Durin's Day? Why
threshold of Winter. It's called Durin's Day because it
is it important?
is when the last moon of Autumn and the sun are in
the sky together.
,In the opening pages of Bilbo Baggin's is a Hobbit. He is short, fat, and actually
The Hobbit Tolkien writes: quite old. He likes to keep a tidy house and could eat
"This is the story of how a all day long. He came from two different sides of a
Baggins had an adventure, Hobbit: the Took side and the Baggin side. Took's are
and found himself doing adventurous and less respected than the Bagginses
and saying things who were rich and predictable. Bilbo only has
altogether unexpected. occasional emotions from the Took side, but they
He may have lost the happen every so often. He is mostly a complete
neighbours' respect, but Bagginses. He likes to have a set schedule and order.
he gained - well, you will
see whether he gained
anything in the end."
Tolkien alerts the readers
to the fact that Bilbo will
change. To track Bilbo's
change, we must first
establish the sort of
person he is at the book's
beginning. Write a brief
personality description of
Bilbo using specific
examples from the text.
, Each are very recognizable by their outward
appearance. Almost all of them seem good hearted
and pleasant to be around. Hobbits are short, dwarfs
dress distinctively, trolls talk differently from all the
others, and elves seem quite foolish and are always
singing nonsense.
Hobbits
Small, have no beards, half our height, super quiet, fat,
In the first three chapters
feet with lots of curly hair, long clever brown fingers,
of The Hobbit, Tolkien
fruity laughs, and good-natured faces.
introduces us to four of
Shy, good manners, and proper
the many races that
populate Middle-earth.
Dwarves
Compare and contrast
Beards, taller than hobbits, wear cloaks and hoods
these races. What seems
Loves fine arts, eating, and revenge
to be the distinguishing
characteristics of each?
Trolls
Heavy faces, big, recognizable shape of their legs
Language is rough and not proper, short-tempered,
dumb
Elves
Long hair, laughs, immoral, recover from injuries, only
die if emotional pain
Loved singing foolish things
What is Thorin's motivation Thorin wants to get all the riches that the dragon is
for returning to the protecting.Thorin's motives are somewhat pure, but
mountain? What does he not completely. The treasure is not just for him, but for
want to achieve or attain in all the dwarves and he is being quite selfish about it.
this adventure? What do
you think of his motivation
- are his motives pure and
justified? Why or why not?
