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The Narrator of The Hobbit. The Opening Lines. What is the Problem?. There are some who do not like the narrator nor his (or her ) tone at all:
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What is the Problem? • There are some who do not like the narrator nor his (or her) tone at all: • “The arrogant, unimaginative, and very ‘adult’ narrator assume this story about little Hobbits must be relegated to an audience of little creatures—children” (Chance 60). • Several note that Tolkien himself seems to have regretted elements within the narrator
Some Interesting sites • YouTube example of the 1977 animated version of the Hobbit. John Huston provides the opening voice which turns out to be the voice of Gandalf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj2ZaOcNpIw • YouTube features The BBC version of the Hobbit—the narrator is turned into two narrators, Gandalf and Bilbo, who interupt one another (very funny): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbVPmVl57y0&feature=related