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The Hobbit

The Hobbit. Introduction. Source: Olsen, Corey. Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit . New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Print. J.R.R. Tolkien. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford The Inklings

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The Hobbit

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  1. The Hobbit Introduction Source: Olsen, Corey. Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Print.

  2. J.R.R. Tolkien • John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) • Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford • The Inklings • An informal literary discussion group • Tolkien regularly met with a group of scholars and writers at The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford

  3. Beginnings… • One day when he was grading papers, he noticed that a student left a page of the answer book blank. • On a whim, he wrote on that page, “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit“. • He decided that he needed to find out what a Hobbit was, what sort of a hole it lived in, why it lived in a hole, etc. • This grew into a tale that he told to his younger children.

  4. The Hobbit • Published in England in 1937 as a children’s book • Revised Second Edition published in 1951 • What began as a sequel, expanded into The Lord of the Rings • The Fellowship of the Ring was published in 1954 • Not a children’s book • Legendarium • Tolkien’s entire collection of connected fantasy works

  5. Who’s Who in Middle-earth? • Trolls • Eagles • Dragons • (Smaug is pronounced with “ow” like how) • Wizards • (Gandalf is pronounced with “al” like pal) • Hobbits • Dwarves • Elves • Goblins (orcs) • Men

  6. Our focus… • “If, when we look at Bilbo and his magic ring in The Hobbit, we are constantly thinking about Frodo and Mount Doom, we will not really be paying attention to the ideas that this story is interested in” (Olsen 14). • People, Places, & Things • Bilbo’s ring NOT the Ring of Power (not capitalized) • Lonely Mountain NOT Erebor • The Necromancer NOT Sauron • (The Shire)

  7. Annotations & Index • Themes (yellow highlighter) • Habitation & Belonging (Bilbo, Elrond, Beorn) • Providence & Luck • Wealth & Greed (gold, dragons) • Motifs (pink highlighter) • Lineage (Took vs. Baggins, Thorin, Bard) • Nature (Mirkwood) • Characters (underline) • Gandalf as Story-Maker • Bilbo – Hero’s Journey (Separation, Initiation, Return) • Thorin

  8. Homework • Read & Annotate Chapters 1-2 • Memorize the names of all 13 dwarves • Tuesday: Reading Quiz #1

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