Themes, Motifs, and other things English teachers love
The Things that Happened
Mr. Rice's Miscellany
100
I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
Who is Bilbo
100
The elf and his house that the party stops at to translate the moon runes.
Who is Elrond and Rivendell
100
This is the most common motif in The Hobbit, and continually recurs in dualities like Beorn vs. the Orcs, Dwarves vs. The Dragon, Bilbo vs. the Spides, Gandalf vs. the Necromancer, etc.
What is good vs evil
100
The party hung out here before entering the forest of Mirkwood, and enjoyed a bountiful supper and a good nights sleep.
What is Beorn's House
100
Both colleges Mr. Rice went to
What is Augsburg and the U
200
Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”
Who is Gandalf?
200
The author of our tale, and the place where he was born.
What is JRR Tolkien and South Africa
200
This is one of the 'Deus ex machina,' or 'god from the machine,' a plot device that saves the main characters and then returns to obscurity
What is the eagles picking them up from the trees, the thrush speaking to Bard, Gandalf in the goblin caverns, etc. etc.
200
This is how Bard knows the dragons weakness.
What is the Thrush
200
Mr. Rice's wife's name
What is Brooke?
300
“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!"
Who is Bilbo
300
Beorn sends them through this forest with instruction to not drink from the stream or stray from the path.
What is mirkwood, or greenwood the great.
300
This event, about halfway through the novel, is the first trial that Bilbo faces and overcomes by himself, and represents a turning point in Bilbo's belief and confidence in himself.
What is Gollum and the finding of the ring
300
This person, Thorin's cousin, comes to the dwarves rescues with an army at the lonely mountain.
Who is Dain Ironfoot
300
Sing a line from one of the songs the dwarves sing in the book
Good job
400
There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
Who is Thorin
400
Bilbo's address
Bag End, Bagshot Row, Hobbiton, The Shire
400
A description of the theme of Heroism in the novel.
This a major theme of the novel, and while we initially believe it focuses on the dwarves, by the end we know that Bilbo was the true focus all along, and his actions are more important than his status. Choices trump destiny, etc. or something similar.
400
During a storm on top of the Misty Mountains, these characters were doing this.
What is Stone Giants having a rock fight
400
Name one of the actors in the first film, and who they played
What is a lot
500
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
Who is Gollum
500
You knew this was going to happen- The names of all 15 party members
This theme is continually shown in the book to lead to disaster: it drives Thorin mad and eventually kills him, it makes the Master of Laketown sneak away in the night, and it even makes Bilbo doubt his dwarven friends.
What is Greed
500
On this hill, this happened to Bilbo during the battle of five armies
What is Ravenhill, when Bilbo was knocked unconscious by a stone
500
At least one line from the inscription on the ring Bilbo finds.
What is Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.