Journal 3:
“He felt a different person , and much fiercer and bolder in spite of an empty stomach. (Tolkien Page 156). The author develops a proud theme at this point in the novel. After an encounter with spiders in the Lonely Mountain Bilbo becomes proud when he was able to take on the spiders all by himself. The authors uses positive and motivational words to describe what is going on. “It was not very long before he discovered; but that belongs to the next chapter and the beginning of another adventure in which the hobbit again showed us his usefulness” (page 170). Throughout this point in the novel the author is really emphasizing that there is a progression in Bilbo’s character. There is an importance in the growth that he is experiences