Books : The Hobbit

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- The Hobbit
The Hobbit is a fairly good book. It has an interesting storyline an grabs the reader throughout the whole novel. I for one read it when I was in 5th grade at school. I found it interesting and usually was a chapter or two ahead of the class. The Hobbit is a beginning book. What I mean by this is that it takes a lot of time explaining the story. This takes up a couple of chapters and I think it would have been a better book if it had built some more suspense in the end scene and extrapolated it a bit more. But otherwise, this book has few shortcomings. Other than the fact that they spent a lot of time in Mirkwood forest, I liked the book. Beorn was portrayed well. The plot line is nice, although there is a kill stealing at the end. All-in-all, I recommend this book

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- A wonderful introduction to the world of Tolkien
I am the type of reader who will pick up a book and spend months reading it. I go through books in different cycles. Sometimes I can't put them down. Sometimes it takes me forever to finish them. In regards to The Hobbit, I can say that I have read and reread this wonderful book many times. While I have read The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and most would curse me in some form of literary blasphemy, I have to admit that I enjoyed this book more than the trilogy. If I remember correctly I've read it about five or six times. (Coming from a very inconsistent reader, it has to be a pretty good recommendation.) While I loved the trilogy, I did find that the pacing of The Hobbit to be much better, and aside from the fact that this book was geared more towards children, I found the story to be exciting and very entertaining to read. (I suppose I am a bit biased since I watched the cartoon movie from when I was a child and this film greatly fascinated me, enough to end up reading the novel.) Regardless of the fact that this novel was geared towards a younger audience, one can't deny that it holds its own as a great tale of adventure and personal growth. Bilbo Baggins' transformation is one that all readers can relate to. One can't deny the impact Tolkien's work has had on the world of literature, and this piece is no exception. In all this book is a wonderful introduction to the world of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth and whether or not readers venture into his other books, they will find this one to be entertaining and exciting to read.

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- Evaluation of Book
This well-written fantasy attracts and emerges the reader into a world that is not previously known to the reader. Well-developed maps and historical knowledge of this world is presented to the reader in a flowing manner that informs, but does not overwhelms the reader with too much information about this new world. Keeping in line with other books involving wizards and warriors, J.R.R. Tolkien is able to bring the reader into his fantasy world filled with different races and cultures and develops stark contrasts in their lives and cultures. While J.R.R. Tolkien takes his reader to worlds not uncommon in other fantasy books, his in-depth development of the world, in which his characters lives makes the Hobbit, and his other works, unique to the fantasy genre. This book is the prequel to Tolkien's more famous books the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which develops and even more in-depth development and historical background to the world of Middle Earth. The main theme, while is in some ways is also good versus evil, is overcoming obstacles and completing the goals that are set out to do, because not all obstacles within this tale could be considered evil, such as the elves, but merely obstructions in which need to be overcome to complete their journey. The Hobbit is a strong book to use when attempting to frame the importance of not giving up on a difficult goal, even if the path to the completion of that goal is difficult and appears to be nearly impossible. Overcoming unforeseen obstacles in the presence of failure is a common underlying metaphor, within this book. Bilbo is a character of small stature and few expected him to play as large of a role as he did in the story and because of this the story also has the ability to show that even the most unlikely individuals can achieve success. The recommended age level for the book is fifth grade and up. This book can be read for pure entertainment purposes or to introduce students to a high quality fantasy book. Teachers can incorporate a variety of instruction ideas including journals, K-W-L charts, cause and effect charts, reports, and presentations.

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- There lived a Hobbit!
I first read the Hobbit over 30 years ago. At that time it was probably my favorite book (I was 9.) Here it is all these years later and I still really enjoy this great book. Not to long ago I read it to my children and I was again amazed at how well Tolkien takes his readers and actually brings them to Middle Earth. This story of Bilbo, Gandalf and the Dwarves, and their journey There and back again, is an outstanding prequel to probably the best work of fantasy ever written.

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- Great book!
We all know this is a great book; this edition makes it look fantastic, excellent drawings, great quality.

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