| Bilbo Baggins is just an ordinary four-foot tall hobbit who enjoys his life of luxury until one day Gandalf the Wizard and a group of dwarves show up and he is recruited by them as a burglar, and reluctantly forced to aid them in the destruction of the evil dragon Smaug.
Before he completes that, however, little Bilbo Baggins gets repeatedly captured and imprisoned, saving himself only through the clever skills that he has adopted in his new career as a burglar, and meets one of the most grotesque creatures in the world, the sinister jewelry-obsessed monster Gollum. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear) FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes Stealing/recovering/destroying Adversaries are… - dragons (hostile) GIANT monster(s) Yes Descript. of chases or violence - 20 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30 % Main Character Identity: - Male Alien Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Main Adversary Identity: - magical being Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: Has magical powers? Yes Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can fly How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Terrain Earth setting: - during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society - inhabited by friendly aliens - unfriendly aliens - neutral aliens - primitive aliens Takes place on Earth? Yes Planet outside solar system? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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