I
have found so far in the reading of The
Hobbit that Bilbo seems to be a very lucky person. He always seems to be in the right place at
the right time. At the beginning of the
story when Gandalf tells the group that Bilbo will be of a great help I feel
that him being a wizard knows that Bilbo is a lucky hobbit. Like in the scene with Gollum when he finds
that his ring is missing and somehow it leaves Bilbo’s pocket and almost
magically ends up making Gollum fall which allows Bilbo to escape an awful death
and be eaten. From then on Bilbo’s luck
gets stronger now having this ring which can make him unseen to all he is able
to not only save himself but also the group of dwarves. Without Bilbo’s luck in finding the ring, the
group would have never escaped the elves.
Although the story is about a hobbit that seems to find courage and
strength, I feel it really boils down to the fact that Bilbo is such a lucky
hobbit. Everything seems benefit Bilbo
by being in the right place at the right time.
I also feel that Gandalf who keeps disappearing knows that with Bilbo’s
luck the group will easily get out of any trouble they face.
I do wonder if Bilbo’s luck will
run out and if it does will he end up having courage from all of the things he
has been through and seen on this adventure?
Also I wonder why Gandalf keeps disappearing
and where it is that he is going, after all he is the one who was so insistent
on Bilbo going on this adventure in the first place. Why did he choose Bilbo?
Samantha, I think that the reason Bilbo seems to be so lucky is simply because this is a novel that Tolkien wanted to be interesting and flow perfectly like all authors. He wanted a regular little hobbit (representing the average shy person) to be the hero in the end just to show that even normal shy people in life can have much success without even knowing it was within them. They just need a little push (like Bilbo got when Gandalf showed up and asked him to go on an adventure). That's just my thought though, I could be wrong.
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