Bilbo Baggins lives a very ordinary life in Bag-End, Underhill. After he receives a surprising visit from Gandalf the wizard, Bilbo unexpectedly leaves and is presumed dead. Although hobbits of the Shire believe Gandalf forces his journey, Bilbo follows his Took instincts and seeks adventure away from his predictable life.
             Bilbo's mother, Belladonna Took, passed genes down to Bilbo from her trouble-seeking side of the family. Most hobbits are very quiet and unsurprising, but once Bilbo is tempted to escape and on go a quest, he cannot resist escaping his plain life.
             Bilbo has plenty of opportunities to stay by himself in Bag-End, Underhill. When Bilbo wakes up after the morning of the unexpected tea party, where he meets the thirteen dwarves and learns of Smaug the dragon, no one is around to force him to leave. He runs to meet the dwarves, without handkerchief or money, by his own free will. Bilbo gave in and his "Took side had won" (The Hobbit 24). "Something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick" (Hobbit 22).
             Bilbo knows the dwarves doubt his ability in being a burglar by overhearing their conversations. When they run across three trolls, Bilbo decides to prove himself; "A really first-class and legendary burglar would at this point have picked the troll's pockets" (Hobbit 38). Bilbo ends up getting his self and the dwarves captured; thankfully Gandalf comes to their rescue.
             When Bilbo gets lost in the Goblin cave, he travels down the tunnel on his own, instead of waiting for help, until he finds the ring and stumbles upon Gollum, a very mysterious creature. Bilbo has a chance to escape and run from Gollum, but he chooses to stay and play a riddle game with Gollum. Bilbo wins the riddle game and discovers
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