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The Heroic Profile of Bilbo Baggins

1986; University of Toronto Press; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3138/flor.8.012

2369-7180

James L. Hodge,

Themes in Literature Analysis

As a fairy tale, The Hobbit lacks nothing. Bilbo, while not exactly a stepchild, is a "Took-Baggins" and not a "Sackville-Baggins," ergo he is not quite respectable. The greedy behaviour of the Sackville-Bagginses at the conclusion of The Hobbit also supports their identity as wicked step-siblings. Bilbo's mother, "the fabulous Belladonna Took," is only a name in the background, like the lost, beloved mother of a fairy tale orphan. One day, this ordinary fellow, whose only skills are accuracy in stone-throwing and silence in running and walking, is chosen by a sort of fairy god-father to "go out into the world and seek his fortune."