Refusal of the Call

The book I am currently reading is The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. It is about the adventure of a hobbit in land called Middle Earth.
The refusal of the call occurs very early in the story when a party of dwarves and a wizard enter the hobbit's little home without any invitation. Bilbo (the main character) initially refuses the call to adventure that is shown in the quote below.
"We don't want any adventures here..." (3) J.R.R. Tolkien
This is said when Gandalf indirectly asks Bilbo to accompany him in an adventure. The rest of the paragraph describes the nature of Bilbo's race called a hobbit.
This refusal of the call was never refused or accepted.
"To the end of his days Bilbo could never remember how he found himself outside, without a hat, walking-stick or say money, or anything..." (14) J.R.R Tolkien
This refusal to call is important because it revealed a lot of character traits in Bilbo and the dwarves. The showed that Bilbo was just a normal hobbit in a pretty little town and how hobbits were never made for adventure. Without this refusal to call, there would have been no change in character was the story progressed because further in the story, Bilbo develops courage which created a story of its own.
The refusal to call created some suspense in the story because it made the readers think of whether if Bilbo was going to accept the adventure. It made the story less predictable and more exciting.
The refusal to call also sets up the character's ordinary world which was living without any negatives in life. It created a mood and atmosphere which contrasted with the rest of the story. This gave the story lots of color.
When Bilbo had to make a decision to accept the call to adventure, he hesitated and accepted the call without any thought. If he hadn't accept the call, the story would not be the same.

Limiting Beliefs

The book I am currently reading is The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is a book about a young creature named a Hobbit who leaves his house to win treasure guarded by a dragon.

Above is a cartoon representation of Bilbo, the main character.

There are many things that limit Bilbo from achieving goals. Courage something Bilbio has trouble finding. For example, it took a lot of courage just to leave his house for an adventure. Bilbo is a frail character but he later shows in the book that he is full of courage. Courage is the almost the only aspect that is limiting Bilbo from becoming a full blown hero other than hunger and sleep.

If I were able to speak to Bilbo, I would tell him that courage is not from the outside but the inside. He may be small and short, but it doesn't mean he can't be self sacrificing, cunning, and fierce. Bilbio will most likely accept this because, he has a hard time making decisions and he is easily persuaded into doing things such as leaving his ordinary world when he truly didn't want to.

Hero Study

The book I am currently reading is The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is a book about a young creature named a Hobbit who leaves his house to win treasure guarded by a dragon.

In this book the hero is not as clear becausen the main character whos name is Bilbo, is a hobbit who's a coward, chip, and hopeful. Although he has these non heroic qualities, he accepts the quest that the wizard gives him and leaves his home thus leaving his ordinary world. The nature of a hobbit would be to stay, but by making the leap to leaving his ordinary world already shows that Bilbo will most likely become a hero throughout the story. Leaving the world is also self-sacrificing because he will have to leave the home he loves along with the people he love.