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The Hobbit: Comparing The Book And Movie

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In the movie,“The Hobbit”, there are several elements that are different and some that are the same. One way they are the different is in the movie when Bilbo woke up the morning after the party, the house was empty and he thought it was all a dream. But in the book the house was a complete mess. In the book, the author explains,”There was a fearful mess in the room, and piles of unwashed crocks in the kitchen.” In other words, In the book the house is messy, but in the movie it is clean when Bilbo woke up. This quote develops a difference in the unexpected party by revealing the dwarfs only cleaned up in the movie, which makes the movie more interesting, since he thinks it was all a dream. In conclusion, Peter Jackson, the director, decided

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