Molly Ransone Post#14 Outside Reading

(#14) Outside Reading: The Hobbit

Over Christmas break I read The Hobbit. This was my first Tolkien novel, and I really enjoyed this book. I loved The Lord of the Rings films and when I found out that The Hobbit was coming out I was very excited. I wanted to read The Hobbit so that I knew what would happen once the movie comes out in December. I am glad that I decided to read it because I loved it! In class we talked a lot about how Lewis and Tolkien were friends. After reading Out of The Silent Planet I can see how these two authors were friends. Even though these books are completely different, both of the main characters embark on a journey. In The Hobbit, Bilbo helps the dwarves recover the treasure that is guarded by a dragon. Bilbo is a homebody and has no intentions of going on this perilous journey but Gandalf kind of forces him into. In Out of The Silent Planet, Ransom had no intention of wandering through the planet called Malacandra but Weston and Devine kidnap him so he did not have a choice either. Ransom does not have a laid out journey like Bilbo did, but I consider it a journey because he meets the hrossa, then he wanders to meet Augray the sorn, and then Augray and Ransom travel to see Oyarsa. I think overall that liked The Hobbit better because it was more adventurous and had a lot more action compared to Out of The Silent Planet. The only thing that I did not like about The Hobbit was that the dragon Smaug, was not killed by Bilbo or the dwarves. The men that lived on the lake killed Smaug and I really wanted Smaug and Bilbo to have a battle. I am really excited for the movie to come out! I also just bought The Lord of the Rings to read this summer, because I enjoyed The Hobbit so much!