The Hobbit book reports by Ella and Kaelie

The Hobbit

By J.R. Tolkien

By Ella Stainwright

We've been reading the Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien for a few weeks and we have already finished it.  We fell into the amazing adventures immediately and made friends and enemies all throughout the book.  I have never read such a good book and it rivalled Harry Potter, which I love.  I could read the Hobbit a thousand times before I get bored.  It was exciting and scary at the same time and I could hardly bare to stop reading the Hobbit at the end of each chapter.

The Hobbit was an amazing story about a brave little hobbit going through many adventures to protect his friends and rescue long, lost, stolen treasure. 

This hobbit was a well-respected hobbit until thirteen dwarves and a wizard turned up on his doorstep, wanting him to join their party so they wouldn't be an unlucky thirteen.  He finally agreed to go with them and regretted it every second of the adventure.  He had to face things he had only heard of such as giant spiders, goblins, wargs, trolls, dragons and a friend that wanted him dead.

During Bilbo's adventures, he was almost captured by trolls and escaped in the nick of time.  He takes on heaps of giant spiders single handedly.  He steals food from under the King Wood Elf's nose and he had a word battle with a real live dragon, all in one year.  He was almost killed many times and was given all the most dangerous tasks.  However, I think, all up, Bilbo rather enjoyed them because sixty years later he was caught bragging about his many adventures. 

Bilbo missed his birthday, many parties and a lot of food that year, but I think, while he hated the adventures when he was having them, he was very proud afterwards.

Bilbo's true character shows during the book when he rescues his friends from giant spiders, wood elves, goblins and wargs - a devilish wolf.  The wargs and goblins come in quite a lot during the book to fight the dwarves so I am sure that at the end of his adventures Bilbo had a goblin-and-warg-phobia. 

At the end of the adventure, the Battle of the Five Armies broke out.  Thorin, Kili and Fili, brave dwarves, died along with many other brave warriors who dared to fight the goblins, wargs, bats and crows.  Men, elves and dwarves, on one side, were outnumbered two to one but in the end they defeated their enemies and had peace in the lands once more.

When Bilbo goes home he has lost the respect of his fellow hobbits because he went on an adventure which is not good around where he lived.  He earned friendship, gold and an adventure to last him a lifetime.

I loved this book because it had so much adventure and every chapter had a new twist and turn.  It was filled with suspense and every time we stopped reading I wanted more.  It scary and exciting at the same time and it brought out Bilbo's true colours - a brave, strong little Hobbit who will always be there for his friends.

Bilbo's adventures have inspired me and may help me write my own stories later on.  I rate this book five stars out of five because it had everything I wanted, adventure, suspense and excitement.

The Hobbit Book Report By J.R. Tolkien

Report by Kaelie Stainwright

About the book:

Bilbo, Gandalf and the thirteen dwarves are the main characters from the Hobbit book. Gandalf kept on coming throughout the book.

The book is about the fifteen of them going to defeat Smaug the dragon and get the treasure from the Lonely Mountain.

On their adventures, they meet new creatures.  They meet Bard from Laketown (man), Beorn (half man, half bear), Elrond (elf), The Eagles, Dain son of Nain (dwarves), Ravens, the thrush, Lakemen, Wood elves, goblins, trolls and many get killed at the end at the Battle of the Five Armies.

Moral:

Bilbo never gave up saving his friends.  Some examples are: fighting giant spiders and other things.

Bilbo tried again to go down the tunnel and find Smaug the dragon’s weak spot.

Bilbo needed to stay with the dwarves beacuse he didn't want to be lost and he might never find them again. Bilbo learnt to stay with his friends to look after each other.

Thorin was greedy and he wouldn't share. If he wasn't greedy he would be happier.

I like this book because:

I liked this book because they go on adventurers and I love them. Also they fight in wars and they have to get free from danger. They meet new characters and make new friends.