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The Hobbit
The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien |
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Omniscient third-person | the author expresses the thoughts of many characters |
fantasy | characters such as goblins, elves, and dragons show that the novel is |
Gandalf | Bilbo Baggins is recruited to take part in the adventure by |
desire for gold | Thorin's reluctance to come to terms with the men and elves at the end of the novel develops the theme of |
Gollum | "Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost." |
Beorn | "Killed the Great Goblin, killed the Great Goblin!" |
Smaug | "Well, thief! I smell you and I feel your air. I hear your breath. Come along! Help yourself again, there is plenty and to spare!" |
Bilbo Baggins | "Brother burgling and everything to do with it!" |
Gandalf | "There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself." |
irony | Thorin Oakenshield dies just when his victory seems assured. This is an example of_ |
foreshadowing | The author uses Bilbo's meeting with Gollum as an example of __ |
symbolism | The author does not use poems in the novel as examples of_ |
dialect | The author uses one of the trolls' observations about their diet, "Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if it don't look like mutton again tomorrer," as an example of __ |
personification | The author's reference to the language used by the wolves is an example of __ |