the hobbit

             The novel The Hobbit was first introduced in 1937 and can be found in many different languages all over the world. When it was first published, J.R.R. Tolkien titled it There and Back Again. This novel was the first novel creation of J.R.R. Tolkien. This is a story of a mystical hobbit that fell into an adventure, and most importantly started the prophecies of The Lord of the Ring. The Hobbit has been widely praised by parents, teachers, reviewers, and by children all over the world. Bilbo Baggins has a place in each of the readers' hearts. Most dictionaries when defining the subgenre fantasy will include J.R.R Tolkiens' The Hobbit or The Lord of the Ring as an example. Tolkien's The Hobbit deals with a fantasy subgenre that has it's own unique imagination of magic and creatures and also develops an adventure subgenre with the encountering of excitement and unknown risk and danger throughout the novel.
             "Fantasy is the play of the mind, the imagination or fancy. Wild imagining or daydreaming, the creation of unrealistic or far-fetched mental images to satisfy desires unfulfilled in real life."(Wynne 284) They are fictional featuring strange characters, creatures and fantastic acts similar to magic. The fantasy subgenres are most recognized by the mythical or magical creatures. The imagination of the mind revolves more to the magic side than the aspect of science. The Hobbit clearly shows that it follows the fantasy subgenre with its unique assortment of fictional creatures and characters.
             The main hero of the novel is Bilbo Baggins, "who is a very well-to-do hobbit" (Tolkien 1). The hobbits are creation of J.R.R Tolkiens' imagination, his childhood dreams. He is a fictional creature.
             "...They have became rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us. They are (or were) a little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves. Hobbits have no beards. There is littl...

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