The plot in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The HobbitThe Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is a captivating tale about unusual creatures, greatstruggles, a flying dragon, and much, much more. The story comes alive through colorfuldepictions of characters and details that capture the imagination. The plot of this novel is thedwarves’ journey to recapture their homeland. The setting, characters, and trials throughout TheHobbit help to fully shape this overall theme of the novel.Throughout The Hobbit the setting is constantly changing from start to finish. There aresix different stages through which the setting evolves. The first stage takes place at the home ofBilbo Baggins. Bilbo lives in something called a hobbit hole. These homes may look smallfrom the outside, but are fairly large inside. Hobbit holes are made in the side of small hills. AsTolkien describes, “It had a perfectly round door . . . the door opened on to a tube-shaped halllike a tunnel . . . ” (1). Down the main hall in the hobbit house are all the same rooms that aregular home would contain. Some of the rooms in Bilbo’s home include, “ . . . bedrooms,bathrooms, cellars, pantries (lots of these), wardrobes (he had whole rooms devoted to clothes),kitchens, dinning rooms . . . ” (Tolkien 1). Besides just food and clothes, hobbits love gardens. Bilbo has gardens surrounding the front and side of his house, which are tended to every day. After traveling through Bilbo’s house the setting turns toward the Misty Mountains. The MistyMountains are an extensive stretch of mountains that serve as a border between Bilbo's home and the forest of Mirkwood. The Misty Mountains is nothing to joke about. Gandalf says, “ . . .it is very necessary to tackle the Misty Mountains by the proper path, or else you will get lost inthem, and have to come back and start at the beginning again ( if you ever get back at all).”(Tolkien 46). ...
