Bilbo Baggins: A True Friendship

He is able to beat the Gollum who lives in the cavern in a contest of riddles by asking “What have I got in my pocket?” and uses the power of the ring to not be eaten by Gollum and escape the cavern. He is reunited with the dwarves and Gandalf. They are pursued by evil wolves called Wargs but are saved by a group of eagles and Beorn, a creature who can change his shape from man to bear. It is here that Gandalf leaves their company so he may tend to other business. They begin their travel through the forest of Mirkwood, but are ambushed in their sleep by giant spiders but Bilbo manages to help them all escape with the use of the magic ring.

There are many instances in the story how Arthur Vickers is a very violent person. When the young boy tries to look in the box stall Vickers seizes him and strangles the boy but luckily the boy gets away. Ross makes it apparent that his isolation leads to his violent nature by “It was as if he were reaching for a weapon, as if his invisible opponent were an enemy...he hurled the checkers with such vicious fury…” (Ross 425-426). Ross explains to us that Vickers is playing checkers by himself and is mumbling words under his breath. He is pretending to play with someone and the young boy witnesses him pick up a stack of checkers and hurl it at the wall, as if he is trying to hurt the person across from him.

You still don’t really understand why he is being killed as a criminal, but you mock him anyway, shouting; What kind of King are you? He wails in pain as three nails drive him into his death. You start to realize maybe this was a mistake, maybe I was afraid of the truth. Sadly even today, people are driven by their fear to make horrific choices. In Lord of the Flies the group of boys are filled with the fear of the unknown.

1960 - TUCSON AZ” section establishes the origin of many repeated motifs in Infinite Jest. One example is the spider motif: Jim’s father toasts to the “spiderless section” of the garage, describes his own father as having “a healthy respect for spiders,” and mentions “spiders well known to infest the palms’ fronds” (Wallace 157, 164-165, 167) . Though the spider is mainly used in the A.A. chapters to describe addiction, exercise addiction and compulsive thinking plague the Incandenzas. Accordingly, Jim’s father recalls losing a match that ended his tennis career to slipping on a suicidal spider, much like Hal could lose his athletic standing to addiction. This chapter also marks the first appearance of “Himself,” which Jim’s father uses to refer to his own father (Wallace 165).

All of these symbols changed the characters action throughout the novel. The first superstitious event is towards the beginning of the novel, when a spider is crawling up Huck’s shoulder. He flipped it off and it landed in a candle, shriveling up before Huck could save it. After Huck accidentally killed the spider, he immediately thought to himself, “I didn’t need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad

There have been treasure hunts in an attempt to find all of these treasures. However, the locations are written in a way that makes it difficult for anyone to find it without having personal knowledge. An example of this is "in the salt pit that is under the steps: forty-one talents of silver. In the cave of the old washer 's chamber, on the third terrace: sixty-five ingots of gold" (Holloway). Many adventurers have decided to ignore the treasure hunt performed by John Allegro in which he turned up with no luck and perform a treasure hunt of their own.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world” (Tolkien, 290). Another heroic quality Bilbo shows throughout the novel is his wisdom and quick-thinking. When he and Gollum are challenging each other with riddles, Bilbo’s wit and mysterious discovery help him escape and return to his company. Another instance is when he leads the spiders away from his friends in order to save them, and yet again in helping the dwarves escape from the wood-elves. His ability to formulate

Trickster Tales “Fool, I am taking you to pay for the sky-god’s stories.” Anansi the spider said this quote in the trickster tale “How Stories Came to Earth”. Trickster Tales are stories about a trickster who tries to outwit people, gods, or animals into getting something they want. In “How Stories Came to Earth” a spider named Anansi wants the stories to learn and share, but sky-god has a challenge for Anansi. He must capture a python, leopard a hornet and a fairy. After reading “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Coyote Steals Fire” it was obvious there are many similarities and differences between the two tales.

An exploring party, the Eldorado Exploring Expedition, arrives. They represent the greedy, reckless and cruel young men whose sole purpose is to obtain money and wealth by destroying the land. They want to The Manager’s uncle is their leader. While on his boat, Marlow overhears a conversation between the manager and his uncle who talk about Kurtz. Their opinion of him contrasts Marlow’s growing admiration for Kurtz who has been in the interior alone for more than a year.

Peter Parker: After being bitten by a radiated spider the high school student Peter Parker gained some marvelous abilities including, strength, agility ,the ability to cling to things and the ability to shoot webs from his wrists giving him the advantage to swing around like Tarzan from building to building. He hides his identity with a suite. After his Uncle Ben was murdered he vowed to revenge the killers using his supernatural abilities. Peter has had a crush on Mary- Jane since Primary school, but she was always into the bad boys leaving him, the sweet, kind-hearted teenager, no chance to win her heart. After saving her from an attack in an alley way they shared a passionate kiss.