Can someone tell me what the hobbit is about?

Question

ok so i'm reading the hobbit for 9th grade honors english and it sucks. seriously im on like page hundred and ive been reading for like two months. does anyone have like a website that will tell me what the book is about and stuff because im gonna need to do like projects on it and stuff. thank you soooo much.

Answer 1

i cant believe thats your honors book. thats my regular english book. our honors have to read like alice in wonderland and farenheit 451

Answer 2

Oh my, did Duncan actually say that the Hobbit is a kid's book?

Yeah sweety that's a bit too complicated for children.

I suggest that you skip EVERY poem in that series.  They are there for fluff and do not ever contribute to plot or story.  Any time a hobbit or elf or dwarf is about to spin some tale using a poem or song....skip it.

Don't skip over the stuff Bilbo and Golem say though ...those riddles are cool and actually serve the plot

Answer 3

The book was written by Tolkien for his kids. Some adults who heard him reading to them talked him into publishing it.

It's a simple book of adventure, travel, riddles and theft, for the right reasons, of course.

Try http://www.Tolkster.org --which is mainly about selling a poster, but if you click first on 'Theme' at the top (and read a bit there), then 'Links' at the top of THAT page and scroll down there, you'll see many links leading you to short-cuts and/or factoids about The Hobbit for your reading.

Or just go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit to read what your teacher has probably also read.

Best of luck.

ADD: Nevermind on the last link. Someone already did a copy and paste. See? Everyone knows Wiki; just like teachers do.

Answer 4

I think you should just calm down a little and finish because its a great book. your what a 3rd of the way through...you got it. plus youll feel better after having read it. just go for it.

Answer 5

Maybe you should read faster or get out of honors.  During summer my 9th grade year, for my honors English I had to read two books.  About 1400 pages.  And I did that in a month...

Answer 6

Here's the plot. Basiclly a summary of the book..

Gandalf tricks Bilbo into hosting a party for Thorin's band of dwarves, who sing of reclaiming the Lonely Mountain and its vast treasure from the Dragon Smaug. When the music ends, Gandalf unveils a map showing a secret door into the Mountain and proposes that the dumbfounded Bilbo serve as the expedition's "burglar". The dwarves ridicule the idea, but Bilbo, indignant, joins despite himself.

The group travel into the wild, where Gandalf saves the company from trolls and leads them to Rivendell. While there, Elrond reveals more secrets from the map. Passing over the Misty Mountains, they are caught by goblins and driven deep underground. Although Gandalf rescues them, Bilbo gets separated from the others as they flee the goblin tunnels. Lost and disoriented, he stumbles across a mysterious ring and then encounters Gollum, who engages him in a game of riddles with deadly stakes. With the help of the ring, which confers invisibility, Bilbo escapes and rejoins the dwarves, raising his reputation with them. The goblins and Wargs give chase and the company are saved by eagles before resting in the house of Beorn, the skin-changer.

The company enter the black forest of Mirkwood without Gandalf. In Mirkwood, Bilbo first saves the dwarves from Giant Spiders and then from the dungeons of the Wood-elves. Nearing the Lonely Mountain, the travellers are welcomed by the human inhabitants of Lake-town, who hope the dwarves will fulfil prophecies of Smaug's demise. The expedition travel to the Mountain and find the secret door; Bilbo scouts the dragon's lair, stealing a great cup and learning of a weakness in Smaug's armour. The enraged dragon, deducing that Lake-town has aided the intruder, sets out to destroy the town. A noble thrush who overheard Bilbo's report of Smaug's vulnerability reports it to Bard the Bowman, who slays the Dragon.

When the dwarves take possession of the mountain, Bilbo finds the prized Arkenstone gem and steals it. The Wood-elves and Lake-men besiege the Mountain and request compensation for their aid, reparations for Lake-town's destruction, and settlement of old claims on the treasure. Thorin refuses and, having summoned his kin from the north, reinforces his position. Bilbo tries to ransom the Arkenstone to head off a war, but Thorin is intransigent. He banishes Bilbo, and battle seems inevitable.

Gandalf reappears to warn all of an approaching army of goblins and Wargs. The dwarves, men, and elves band together, but only with the timely arrival of the eagles and Beorn do they win the climactic battle. Thorin, mortally wounded, lives long enough to part from Bilbo as a friend. The treasure is divided fairly, but, having no need or desire for it, Bilbo refuses most of his contracted share. Nevertheless, he returns home with enough to make himself very wealthy.

Answer 7

The Hobbit is really easy to read. I think I was in early junior high when I read it and it only took a week or less. You should read it. You will come across much more difficult pieces if you continue with honors. I am actually surprised that a high school honors course is using the book. It is a wonderful piece of literature, but it is simply not that much of a challenge- to read or to understand.

Answer 8

You're going to have to read it if you're going to write about it!

It's not hard to read- it's a kids book.

Think Lord of the Rings- it's the story of how the ring got to the shire.