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The Hobbit Is So Believable

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J.R.R Tolkien makes the world in ‘The Hobbit’ believable and consistent by explaining in thorough detail about Bilbo’s hobbit hole, the terrain surrounding him, and when Gandalf and the dwarves come around and they too are explained as where you could picture it in your mind. For example, in the very start of the book, it explains Bilbo’s hobbit hole very clearly, Further on, J.R.R. Tolkien explains Gandalf’s clothes, the color of the clothes, and uses many adjectives to describe Gandalf. Another aspect of how J.R.R. Tolkien makes The Hobbit so believable is how other ¨Fairy-Stories¨ or super-hero stories have less in common to the real world than the Hobbit. When you first started reading ¨The Hobbit¨ it seemed more like reality and not a

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