ENG239H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thorin Oakenshield, Hobbit, World War I
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The hero with a thousand faces (book) he/she goes through specifc kinds of situations (plot, settings) not entirely identical, but follow a similar path. Call to adventure dwarves show up to his house, talk of mountains and dragons: bilbo needs to be eased into the adventure". Continue on journey bilbo leaves the shire, feels hesitant/surprised . Geographical threshold, but can also be metaphorical: *refer to diagram, parentheses, ex, brother battle power struggle, thorin (leader) vs gandalf (more powerful than the rest) vs bilbo (racist hate/initially feminize him) Flight family come to take away bilbo"s home. Human mind is capable of forming mental images pg78. Derive from latin from made up. Bilbo"s primary world is fantastic/his residence/the world he knows. Bilbo"s secondary world increases [the fantastic] when he leaves his boundaries/shire. Beorn (man/bear) most secondary character bilbo meets in novel. Bilbo lives with both primary and secondary. Tolkien is mindful explains what a hobbit is, etc.
