Focus+Assignment

January, 11, 2010 Andy Yang Independent Novel Study: Focus Assignment Plot Outline One day Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, was smoking a pipe outside his house. A wizard called Gandalf came along and asked if Bilbo would like to go on an adventure. Bilbo who was a hobbit did not like adventures so he said good bye to Gandalf and asked him to join him for some tea the next day. The next day Bilbo completely forgot about Gandalf until the door rang. Instead of Gandalf it was a bunch of dwarves. Eventually Gandalf arrived and informed the dwarves that Bilbo, who will be the burglar, will be joining them in their quest to regain their treasure in Smaug’s mountain. Bilbo didn’t want to join but the blood on his mother side took over he agreed to go. The next day they headed off to the Mountain. The group was made up of 13 dwarves, Bilbo, and Gandalf. Eventually they ended up captured by a group of trolls. Then Gandalf made the trolls argue among each other so that they couldn’t hide from the sun. They continued on with their quest and rested at a friend of Gandalf’s. After their rest at Gandalf’s friend they started their way up a mountain range. It was raining quite badly so they had to find some shelter. When they did find shelter they were captured by goblins while they were sleeping. Once again Gandalf came in to the rescue them. While they were escaping from the goblins Bilbo knocked his head on a rock and fainted. Bilbo then woke up found a ring on the floor and made his way through a tunnel until he encountered Gollum who was the owner of the ring. After some riddles Gollum gave up and was going to use the ring to make himself invisible but he couldn’t use it because Bilbo had it. Gollum thought he escaped through the exit so he opened the way out and then Bilbo jumped over Gollum and escaped with the ring. Eventually Bilbo returned to the group and they continued on with their adventure. They had a little run in with wolves and goblins but some eagles came in and rescued them. The Lord of the Eagles was a friend of Gandalf so he agreed to help them with their adventure by speeding up the journey. After the Eagles have left they went to a place that was owned by a being called Beorn. After they have restocked on provisions the group continued on to forest called Mirkwood. At that point Gandalf had to leave so the dwarves and Bilbo continued on with their journey. In Mirkwood they ran out of food, were captured by spiders, and held as prisoners by Elves. Eventually they got out of Mirkwood by riding inside of barrels. They arrived at a town called Lake-town which is the closest town to Smaug’s mountain. There they rested until they thought it was time for them to go. They eventually made their way into the mountain through a secret entrance. Then Bilbo managed to steal a golden cup under Smaug’s nose. When Bilbo returned for another round of looting Smaug knew he was there and they had a long conversation. Bilbo decided it was time to leave and ran for the exit. Smaug who was quite angry shot flames at Bilbo. Bilbo kept running until he collapsed because of pain. The dwarves nursed him as well as they could. Then Smaug decided it was time to teach Lake-town a lesson because during the conversation Bilbo said he was a “barrel-rider” which meant he came from Lake-town. Someone killed the dragon and then they decided to go loot the treasure from the undefended mountain. The people of Lake-town tried to bargain with the dwarves but they failed. One night there was a huge war in front of the mountain and it ended with the leader of the dwarven group dead. Then Bilbo decided it was time for him to return home. The title, “The Hobbit” has to do with the story because the main character of the story is a hobbit. The story happens in an unknown time at a fantasy land. The author of the story is telling the story. The central conflict the dwarves and Bilbo trying to reclaim treasure. The climax is the big war in front of the mountain. The climax was resolved by Beorn smashing up the place. I didn’t like the plot because it wasn’t very interesting.