Early in the tale, he finds a magic ring that makes him invisible. ... Beorn: The skin-changing man who lives near the edge of Mirkwood. ... Despite being grossly outnumbered, the party is saved at the last minute by Beorn, the skin-changing man who lives near the edge of Mirkwood. ...
The narrator tells us that hobbits are a little people, half the size of a man, and they have become rare and are no longer seen around. ... On the day the story begins, he is enjoying a pipe outside his front door when an old man with a long cloak and a staff drops by. Bilbo recognizes the old man as the wizard Gandalf, who has created spectacular fireworks displays on holidays in Hobbiton, but Bilbo still looks on Gandalf with a suspicious eye. ... He goes back to his island in the middle of the lake to get his "precious," a golden ring that turns the wearer invisible--the very ring that Bil...
The time period J.R.R. Tolkien was a part of helped influence the fantasy he is so well known for today. If he was not able to experience World War I or witness the environmental impacts of the Industrial Revolution, novels such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings may never have existed. Althou...
