Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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?

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