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This 3 page paper compares the idea of the hero as embodied in Bilbo Baggins and Marcus Brutus. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Idea of the Hero: Bilbo and Brutus Research Compiled
by K. Von Huben 5/2010 Please Introduction What is a hero? Someone with a cape and
superpowers? Someone who follows the dictates of his conscience? Or perhaps someone who overcomes his fear to rise to perform great feats of bravery. This paper considers two characters, Bilbo
Baggins and Marcus Brutus, and what traits they embody that make them heroes. Discussion Bilbo is a hobbit, a race of beings that inhabits Middle Earth, the realm created by
J.R.R. Tolkien in works such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Hobbits are physically small people, being generally between 3 1/2 and 4 feet tall, so immediately
they will face difficulties when they interact with the "Big People" and objects we would consider normal size (Tolkien, 1997). One of the main traits of hobbits, and one
which Tolkien points out repeatedly, is that they prefer their lives to be calm and orderly: Bilbo is a typical hobbit, who "never had any adventures or did anything unexpected:
you could tell what a Baggins would say on any question without the bother of asking him" (Tolkien, 1997, p. 3). Therefore, when 13 dwarves turn up on Bilbos doorstep
one morning, he is faced with a situation entirely outside his experience. They want him to help them get their treasure back, and its not merely a question of finding
it-they know where it is, but its guarded by a dragon! He agrees to go, with some not-very-subtle prodding by the wizard Gandalf, and succeeds in helping the dwarves with
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