The Unexpected Hero in "The Hobbit": Bilbo's Journey Compared to Traditional Heroism

Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: B-, , language: English, abstract: Throughout history there has been countless examples of different types of heroism. In the Bible David can definitely be described as an imperfect hero when he kills Goliath, Sir Gawain symbolizes the classic Arthurian hero and Lord Byron’s Manfred displays the p...