Favorite part of the Hobbit

[Eonwe]

What is your favorite part of the Hobbit and why?

[chrome_rocknave]

MY favorite parts were:

1) I liked the part where they first met the goblins! I had never read any fantasy novels before and to hear the word "goblin" was a little funny to me. It reminded me of Halloween or something :rolleyes: However, I found out that these goblins were quite dangerous and not at all like the little goblins you hear about on the A&E History of Halloween special :p

2) I absolutely loved Mirkwood! Through LOTR and the Hobbit I have been intrigued by the different forests. I find that my favorite among all of these is Mirkwood. When I first read this part, I had never heard about Elves! I always thought about small little Christmas Elves but never anything like these! These Elves were dangerous, perilous, and wise. I almost like the way the Elves are portrayed in the Hobbit better than in LOTR b/c in the Hobbit they are more sinister and mysterious. It it quite eerie when they dissappear in the woods....

-Well I could ramble on and on about my first impressions of goblins and elves (ahh memories) but I think I've made my point! The Hobbit will always be just as good as LOTR to me because everything was new and different! :D

[Moonbeams]

every time I see Bilbo's face when the dwarves started coming to his house. LoL, poor Bilbo, bewildered, stunned, has to be polite, but has no idea of what's going on, and what are all those dwarves doing there.

[syongstar]

I love the shire,the peaceful mood,the beautiful gardens,the lighthearted hobbits,songs,riddles...

[Tar-Palantir]

Bilbo's conversations with Smaug. You can feel Smaug's arrogance (as well as his interest in this new "smell'). You can also sense Bilbo starting to feel a little too good about his own cleverness. :)

[Eonwe]

OK my favorite part is when the dragon is looking around for Bilbo and Bilbo is desperately trying to avoid his gaze, while he talks.

Oh yeah and when he is trying to squeeze through the Goblin door and all his buttons pop off.

[Rian]

My favorite part was the Riddle Game with Gollum. Since I loved riddles when I was a youngster, it made me love the book. I can just imagine Bilbo and Gollum sizing each other up as they ask and answer their questions.

[J'ohn]

I think that my favourite part of the book is the encounter with the three trolls...it's just hilarious to picture all the dwarves and Bilbo, packed in sacks, while the trolls argue with one another [one another? Feh... :)] on how to cook them...

SBS:)

[DGoeij]

Much to pick from, even as it is a rather short story.

Bilbo's distress with a house full of dwarves, ending with him leaving even without a proper hankerchief.

The three trolls, debating over how to prepare eatable dwarf.

The Eagles attitude towards the travellers.

The Riddle game, I'm very bad at riddles, but I still like them.

Bilbo's wordplays with Smaug.

Beorn, crushing the big orcs in the Battle of the Five armies.

Bilbo's homecoming, with the auction and things.

[-ScoUndrALiSm-]

I liked the "goodmorning" conversation between Bilbo and Gandalf + the part with the trolls + the riddle game + Mirkwood + the conversation with Smaug:rolleyes::D

[Merry]

My fav part is Gollum and the riddles. I read LOTR first, then the Hobbit and I was fascinated to see how the whole tale of the war of the ring started with Bilbo and Gollum.

[Branwen]

...when Gandalf introduced dwarves to Beorn,one by one...:)
Hey does anybody know,who really is Beorn?...I mean he's not a human,not an elf,not a dwarf....Who is he?...

[DGoeij]

Well, he is supposed to be human, but professor Tolkien wasn't very clear, nor in the Hobbit or in LOTR. He also was a so-called 'skin-changer', capable of turning into a huge bear. In that form he ripped up a lot of Orcs in the Battle of the Five Armies.
You could open a thread about it, to attract the attention of the Tolkinists who may have additional information. Best place would be in the sub-forum 'The Hobbit'

[Branwen]

that's exactly,Beorn could turn into a bear.But no human was able to do that;so Beorn had some special power.Why and who gave it to him?...

[Kementari]

Barrels Out of Bond is the best part. hehe
The Trolls are REALLY funny too

[Sirona]

Hi,Branwen: I think, he could be a maiar or a Vala, because only they cuould change their aparence. But,in other way...he could be something else...

[Branwen]

...hello Sirona,nice to see ya here!
Beorn seems to be too weak for being a Vala or a maia;but maybe he's done some kind of favor to the Valars and they gifted him by giving him a power to change his appearance.Still,the question is-who and why?...
On the other hand these are just some thoughts of mine which probably aren't even close to true.:)

[Curufinwe]

The chapter with Beorn in it was my favourite bit, However due to recent discussion it has come to my attention that we dont really know what he was. Somewhere in some book remember distictly that iot said Beorn was most probably a descendant of Beren who could change into a wolf dont forget.

[DGoeij]

Wow, I don't have the Sil at hand at the moment. But Beren didn't change into a wolf did he? As I remember he used the skin of the 'bad' wolf (whats the darn name?) as a disguise. I have to look it up, memory failure, memory failure!

[Rogar]

Favorite Part of the Hobbit: It is very hard to pick a "favorite" part of a story that I hold so strongly in my mind but If I had to choose I would have to say That the instant that Thorin realized that Bilbo had thwarted him just before the battle of Five Armies. Thorin said bad things about Bilbo for sure but he later apologized on his deathbed. That entire scene remains so vividly in my mind even when I haven't opened the book in many years... I can just see the resolute Hobbit standing there with the furious Thorin ranting at him...

The entire battle of five armies also rings in my mind as one of my favorite parts of any of the books. The races of good fighting off the evil army. The mighty war Eagles swooping down from the sky to save the day... Poor Bilbo being unconcious and invisible ....


Enough of my ranting....

[DGoeij]

FUBAR, Luthien and Huan disguised themselves as a bat and a wolf respectively. Memory is a weird thing, can't live with it, can't shoot it.
Beren couldn't change shape as far as I can tell with the information at hand. Maybe someone else?

The bad wolf's name was Carcharoth, by the way.

[ReadWryt]

The image in my mind of the poor dwarves cramming themselves into those barrels and then being dumped into the river left me laoughing the first time I read it. I have to say that it is my favorite part...

[YayGollum]

The part with the greatest character Tolkien ever created-the part with Gollum! Yay Gollum! :D Smaug was cool too.

[Huan]

There is so much to like but a fav part for me is The Thief in the Night for Bilbo to take the Arkenstone as hes share of all the treasure and give it to bard as a bargaining tool to save bloodshed shows how Bilbo had grown from that reluctant adventurer to a wise and selfless hobbit, Some of Gandalfs teachings coming to fruition no doubt.

[Lord T]

Beorn and Beorn. :D

When Beorn called the dwarves little jack in the boxes and when he tossed the wargs and goblins like straw in the battle of the five armies.

[Curufinwe]

I dunno where I read that he was an ascendant of Beorn but I read abit of his story and it says that he became a werewolf.

[DGoeij]

Really? In wich book did you read about that, can you remember? I went through the Sil about it, but it seems I missed something.

Off topic I know, maybe I should have sent a personal message.

[Curufinwe]

Yeah it was in the sil I can't remember the page it might have been page 211 from memory. Yeah page 211 it is in there but it like says Beren became of all things to look at a were wolf. read the whole story if yuo want all the info I suggest.

[DGoeij]

Thanks, at least it is pinned down to this piece of the story. I opened up a new thread for all this, to get some other peoples attention. I still not fully grasp the meaning of the text on this one.

http://www.thetolkienforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1964

[Snaga]

I love it when they're in Mirkwood and they come to the enchanted river (and why is it enchanted by the way:confused: ) and they have to get across.

You just know someone's gonna fall in. And well it just had to be Bombur. I love it: he sends the next few days happily dreaming, while the rest of them are starving, and having to carry him through the forest. Go Bombur Go Bombur!!!

[Bombur]

I resemble that remark. Though it is one of the best parts my favorite part was when I was on guard at Erebor and Bilbo gave me a break only to smuggle the Arkenstone. Good thing I never told Thorin.
:D

[Lindir]

I really like Mirkwood. That would be something to see (or not, but you know what I mean). And of course the Battle of five Armies was good, because a good battle livens up any book, don´t you think?

[Dread-Lock]

Hello,Hello....I liked the part after the Battle of Five Armies when Bilbo made up with Thorin and cried his eyes out when Thorin died.As a whole it's been said that the Hobbit was rather a childish book,but I think the second half of the book was more serious and really kept my attention.

[Eonwe]

HAHA Bombur you are RIGHT! I forgot about Biblo relieving Bombur hee hee!

What about the butterflies and spiders above the trees! Trees as far as Bilbo could see! Wonderful (glad I wasn't in his shoes though:) )

[Jago]

My favourite part is in all of Mirkwood when Bilbo and the Elves kept on trying to get into the light of the Wood elves and then they got lost for awhile.:D

[greypilgrim]

my favorite part of the hobbit was ...(there are so many)...would have to be when smaug attacked lake-town. the way it was described, the firey dragon in the distance, and the ruin he brought, was so vivid.
my next fav. is that the dwarves were always....enclosed.
they were wrapped up, or bundled up, or taken prisoner and holed up, throughout the whole book!

[Beleg Strongbow]

I like the chapter with the battle of the 5 armies and when they first enter the dragons lair.

[ssgrif]

Another part of the book I like is when Bilbo is wearing the ring, and literally running "rings" (sorry) round the spider in Mirkwood.

tee hee ;)

[greypilgrim]

Hello all.

I would have to say my #ONE FAVORITE part of the Hobbit was the way Smaug was seen from far off from the Lake-Town. Someone could make a cool poster of the men preparing for battle in the lake-town and the huge dragon seen way off in the distance against the night sky...

SCARY!

[Prince Legolas]

My favourite parts of The Hobbit:
Right at the very begining when Gandalf is confusing Bilbo by asking him what he means by 'Good Morning.

When all the Dwarves start arriving at Bag-End.

The Troll scene

The Riddle scene

Gandalf's ingenious way of introducing all the Dwarves to Beorn and Bombur comming with the last pair of Dwarves because he wasn't going to be left on his own.

The Barrel scene. I can just picture all the dwarves trying desparatly to get into the barrels before the Elves came

Lastly, Bilbo's scene with Smaug.

[greypilgrim]

Bard yelling at his arrow, commanding it to hit his target...."Black arrow, ........" ah, well, that was a good one.

[Dûndorer]

when bilbo was talking to smaug was a good part and i like riddles in the dark.

[jks13]

My faviorite part of the hobbit is when Bilbo is just leaving bagend. I think it was pretty funny when he was making such a big commotion about his hankerchief i think it was.:rolleyes:

[Sherri]

My favorite part is Bilbo's wordplays with Smaug.

"I come from the end of a bag but a bag never passed over me." (?)

[legoman]

my favourite part of the hobbit is his legs, do you think he works out??

[Hanne]

The beginning ofcourse!!!It is so funny and a really good start of the book.But it was really hard for Bilbo I think!!!

[Rohansangel]

I love Gollum's cave!! But also, Bilbo's wordplay with Smaug is a VERY good part.

~The Angel of Rohan

[ROSEY]

My fav part would have to be the riddle game with Gollum and bilbo. bilbos character really shines and it made me smile to see him make gollum squirm!but do you think that Gollum was really evil?or was it just that the ring made him evil-(it consumed him)what was Gollum before the ring came to him?if bilbo had of held on to the ring in TLOTR would he have ended up like gollum?-if sauron hadnt returned that is.(tell me no that bilbo would still be bilbo):(

[daisy]

Probably been said but I love Beorn - he is as interesting as Treebeard or Tom Bombadil - he needs his own spin-off show!

[Beleg Strongbow]

I liked all the book. But my fav chapter would be out of the frying pan into the fire fo some reason.

[Elias]

I liked the battle of Five armies the most, but the start of the book was also pretty good.