Call to Adventure!

I've gotten a little further in the Hobbit, and thus far not too much has happened. Th timid Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, has been "called to adventure" which makes me guess this is going to be a straight up mono myth. Gandalf the Grey, a widely respected and also talked about wizard comes to Bilbo's house along with several handful's of dwarfs and urges Bilbo to join them in a marvelous adventure (having adventures is not something to be proud of where Bilbo is from ). The dwarfs, their leader Thorin, and Gandalf invade on Bilbo's inbred hospitality for two days with out a gracious remark, to Bilbo's annoyance, when at last the hobbit decides to join them. The clan heads off to steal back forgotten treasure from a violent dragon in far away mountains, pretty cliche. The beginning of their journey goes all too well until soon enough they are distraught by bad weather and empty stomachs. Bilbo's not all too sure if he made the right decision after all. Bilbo's sudden call to adventure reminds me a lot of Harry Potters. A sudden house call by an uninvited guest interrupts our protagonist's daily life, and proceeds to tell the hero of a world outside of the known. Then the hero is asked to join that world on an adventure, for Harry that adventure was going to Hogwarts, and ultimately defeating the dark lord Voldemort. For Bilbo, it is venturing out into the unknown-to-hobbit lands and seeking revenge on a dragon. As of now I predict that Bilbo will be successful on his journey and come back to his quaint Shire and home as a changed... man?

T-H-E- H-O-B-B-I-T yeah.

I have chosen to read The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.I decided to read this particular book because I have always been a huge fan of the Lord of the Rings movies but have never gotten around to reading the trilogy. I figured before I read the three massive books, I might as well start from the beginning, with the Hobbit. As far as I know The Hobbit is about, the famed Frodo's, uncle Bilbo, and his first adventure. The story encompasses how Bilbo first left the protected and comfortable Shire to go an an adventure beyond his own imagination. It also tells us Lord of the Rings fanatics about the background of the Ring's passage to existence in the shire and how it got placed into Frodo's hands in the first place. I have a feeling this book will give me all the insight I need into Middle Earth and everything that went on before the tale of Frodo and the Fellowship. J.R.R. Tolkien was a master with words and probably had an imagination that ranged far further than his magnificent books. Yes. I'm a gigantic nerd for being so obsessed with Lord of the Rings but I am very excited to read the Hobbit.