Summary:
"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is about a hobbit, some dwarves, and a wizard. The dwarves urge the hobbit to come along, until unintentionally he does. The first sign of braveness was whenever Bilbo and the dwarves see a fire in the woods. Bilbo was the smallest and had to go check it out.
"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is about a hobbit, some dwarves, and a wizard. The dwarves urge the hobbit to come along, until unintentionally he does. Bilbo Baggins starts out as a shy hobbit who doesn't get out very much. He likes the comfort of his own home. He was surprised whenever the dwarves and Gandalf chose him to go on the adventure. However, he refused to go, making up all kinds of excuses. He had nightmares about the dragon and other things the dwarves had talked about. He also made a comment about his age and how he was too old to go on an adventure. He told Gandalf before he even met the dwarves that he wasn't interested, but they somehow persuaded him into it.
The first sign of braveness was whenever Bilbo and the dwarves see a fire in the woods. Bilbo was the smallest and had to go check it out. He discovered trolls all sleeping around a campfire. The dwarves told him that trolls were the easiest to pick pocket and that they thought he should go try. One of the trolls caught Bilbo and then found the other dwarves. Bilbo escaped and helped Thorin to rescue the rest of the dwarves even after he knew what the trolls were capable of. That was a big sign of bravery on Bilbos part.
The next sign of bravery was whenever he met Gollum. Even though he had trouble seeing the creature, he still pulled out his sword and attempted to fight him. He even told Gollum that he had lost all of the dwarves and the wizard, so Gollum then knew that he was alone. He refused to tell Gollum what was in his pocket even though he knew Gollum could kill him. Whenever Bilbo went invisible he knew that he would have to follow Gollum. That was the only way he could figure the way out. However, Gollum was blocking the exit and Bilbo had to jump over his head to get out. Even though Gollum could smell Bilbo and knew that he was close by, the hobbit jumped anyway and just made it out. Gollum was too afraid to follow. Whenever Bilbo realized himself that he was getting brave was whenever he killed the first spider with his sword. He realized that he had changed and then named his sword Sting. Bilbo was going through the forest when he came upon a number of spiders and all the dwarves tied up. He started throwing stones at the spiders' heads and was killing them off one by one. Then he started singing to them to get them to chase him so the dwarves could escape. The spiders were building webs all around Bilbo trying to trap him in. He took off his ring to rescue Fili and the spiders caught a glimpse of him. They started chasing him and he told the dwarves to go ahead and escape and he would stay back by himself and fight the spiders. The spiders became afraid of the sword and ran away. Bilbo had defeated the spiders all on his own.
The final act of bravery was whenever Bilbo went to battle the dragon Smaug. He stole the costly cup from Smaug and he almost awaked but Bilbo quickly got away. When the dragon awoke and noticed the cup was gone, he started searching for it. Bilbo and the dragon then started talking. Bilbo saw the patch in Smaugs chest and knew what he must do. The dragon later attacked them and Bilbo killed the dragon. That's when he truly becomes the hero.
Now it is clear to see how the psychological approach relates to the hobbit. Bilbo starts out as someone that no one believes in and then changes to someone everyone calls a hero. Most things he did were unconsciously done. Until Bilbo realized that he really did have power and that he is really a hero, then he starts to really start showing his strength and defeats all the obstacles that come in his way.
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