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Comparing Bilbo Baggins And Gandalf The Great

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In the story The Hobbit there are many different characters like Bilbo Baggins, and Gandalf The Great. There are many characters, the author portrays each of them differently through dialogue. One characters Thoren ii Oakenshield, son of the Thrain son of Thoror. He has many scenes when he is a good and wise leader, and others when he is a foolish and selfish leader. He is selfish with money and wealth when he tries to find the Arkenstone. The author portraits selfishness through dialogue

Thorin is not the strongest mental person in the book. He is a big part of the story though. He is the leader of the quest and dwarves. When someone tells people to think of main characters from the hobbit the usually think of Bilbo or Gandalf,

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