"Luck marches with those who give their very best," said H. Tolkien, is a fantasy adventure book full of magical creatures and action; however it shows a groups quest to claim back the dwarves gold from Smaug, the dragon. In The Hobbit, luck plays an important role in the whole book and also all of the adventures. Luck is what shapes the groups adventures and their views on one another. There are examples in all of The Hobbit, but three will be the main focus; one in chapter two, three, and five.
First in Bilbo's list of luck would be the adventures in chapter two. Chapter two is Bilbo's first real adventurous moment because he tries to pickpocket from some trolls. Bilbo of course is caught for his actions, but finds a special key in the process. After Gandalf saves the group Bilbo says, "I found [this] on the ground.He held out a largish key.It must have fallen out of [William's] pocket.before he was turned to stone." (Page 42). It was very lucky that Bilbo found this key because it belonged to a cave full of magical weapons that will help the group later on.
The next example of Bilbo's luck is in chapter 3. In chapter three the group finds the High Elves and they show them a map they have. One of the High Elves notices something about the map and says, "There are moon-letters here, besides the plain runes.Moon-letters are rune-letters, but cannot be seen.only when the moon shines behind them" (Page 53). The reason this was very lucky is because the moon-letters only show up on a full moon and it just happened to be that time of year when they looked at it. .
Lastly is the example of Bilbo's incredible luck is in chapter five. In chapter five, Bilbo wakes from losing consciousness and is in a very dark tunnel. His luck came when he happens to find a ring in this dark tunnel. When Bilbo finds the ring the passage states, "He.crawled along for a good way, till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal" (Page 68).
