Book review: The Hobbit Point of view is who tells the story: the main character
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Question
Book review: The Hobbit
Point of view is who tells the story: the main character, some other characters, or an impersonal and objective teller? Is there any information given about the narrator’s gender, class, age or race?
The setting is when and where the story happens. Here you might want to answer questions like: Where does the story take place? Does it take place in another country or an imaginary place? Does it take place a long time ago or now? How is the story told? Is it told chronologically, from the end to the beginning, or are there flashes backward (and forward)?
Characters are who the story is about. The main character is called the protagonist. Tell who the protagonist is and answer questions like: Who are the other important characters? Do they help or hinder the protagonist? How are they described? Do they change during the course of the novel?
Theme is why the story is written. It is about the main idea of the book. Some examples of theme can be friendship, family, jealousy, etc. Tell what the writer will convey to the reader.
Plot is what happens in the story. Tell what the story is mostly about and answer questions like: What is the main event or conflict? What is the cause of the conflict and how is it solved? Try not to simply retell the story or give away the ending.
Explanation / Answer
1) Bilbo, "the poor little fellow", often called Mr. Baggins, the third person who tells the story from Bilbo's point of view.
2) according to the writer, the hobbit story was written on imaginery adventures at Middle-earth, which is real, licensed about 6,000 years in the past. And the author has not written the book in chronological order.
3) Protagonist : is the Bilbo Baggins Hobbit.
Other characters of the Hobbit :
4) the main theme of the hobbit is Bilbo's Heroism. Bilbo's development into a hero. The story conveys that the persons are more valuable than the eye in the story.
5) The story is mainly about the Bilbo, who lives a simple life with his fellow hobbits, untill the wizzard comes and convinces him to join the group of dwarves to reclaim the Kingdom of Erebor. the story shows the journey of Bilbo with other characters of the story to encounter with Gollum and a simple gold ring which is tied to the fate of Middle earth, which Bilbo cannot figure out.