In the novel The hobbit a character named Bilbo Baggins becomes an exceptional hero. As Mr. J.R.R. Tolkien writes that Bilbo is an ¨unexpected hero¨, but in my eyes this was not unexpected nor was it accidental. In The Hobbit there are three main ways Bilbo went from hobbit to hero. These ways are, when he fights the trolls, when he saves the dwarves from spiders, and when he turns the Arkenstone over to the Elvenking and bard to prevent war. Bilbo first starts his journey from hobbit to hero when he fights the trolls over the ponies. As stated in The Hobbit,¨ Then Bilbo plucked up the courage to put his little hand in William´s enormous pocket… William turned around at once and grabbed Bilbo by the neck, before he could hide behind a tree.¨ This quote from the text explains how Bilbo became a hero because he tried to steal from the trolls, for the greater good of the group. Knowing this, this part of the journey is one where Bilbo gets one step …show more content…
As stated in chapter eight,” …, but Mr. Baggins was in a hurry, and before the spider knew what was happening it felt his sting and rolled off the branch dead.” Knowing this, this quote states how Bilbo killed a spider to save his friends, and he became another step closer to a hero. Also, Bilbo becomes a true hero finally when he prevents war by turning the Arkenstone over to the Elvenking and bard to prevent war. As stated on page two hundred seventy-three,” Then Bilbo, not without a shudder, not without a glance of longing, handed the marvelous stone to Bard, and he held it in his hand, though dazed.” Knowing this, Bilbo made the finally step from hobbit to hero. To conclude, in this journey from hobbit to hero Bilbo has fought trolls, he fought spiders, and he has prevented war. Bilbo has done a lot of things in this book The Hobbit, things that separate the men from the boys, things that turn a hobbit to a