what can you tell me about his quest?
Dorothy Matthews sees the story rather as a psychological journey,  the anti-heroic Bilbo being willing to face challenges while firmly continuing to love home and discovering himself. Bilbo's symbolic rebirth into the sunlight and the waters of the woodland river; and the dragon guarding the contested treasure, itself "an archetype of the self, of psychic wholeness".
Bilbo Baggins
The Christian writer Joseph Pearce describes "The Hobbit" as "a pilgrimage of grace, in which its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins, becomes grown up ... in wisdom and virtue". Dorothy Matthews sees the story rather as a psychological journey, the anti-heroic Bilbo being willing to face challenges while firmly continuing to love home and discovering himself. Along the way, Matthews sees Jungian archetypes, talismans and symbols at every turn: the Jungian wise old man Gandalf; the devouring mother of the giant spider, not to mention Gollum's "long grasping fingers"; the Jungian circle of the self, the ring; the escape from the dark underground imprisoning chambers of the wood-elves and Bilbo's symbolic rebirth into the sunlight and the waters of the woodland river; and the dragon guarding the contested treasure, itself "an archetype of the self, of psychic wholeness".
who played gandolf in the lord of the rings UNANSWERABLE where did the name come from? Tolkien derived the name "Gandalf" from "Gandálfr".  In Old Norse, the name means "staff-elf". who is he? Gandalf is a protagonist in "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". He is a wizard, one of the "Istari" order, and the leader and mentor of the Fellowship of the Ring. can you describe the character? Tolkien once described Gandalf as an angel incarnate; later, both he and other scholars have likened Gandalf to the Norse god Odin in his "Wanderer" guise. Others have described Gandalf as a guide-figure who assists the protagonist what kind of a work is the hobbit? It is a children's fantasy novel who is the author? J. R. R. Tolkien is the book adapted into anything else? Yes,  stage production, motion picture what is the storyline? The story follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit, to win a share of the treasure guarded by Smaug the dragon. Bilbo's journey takes him from light-hearted, rural surroundings into more sinister territory who are the characters? Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Thorin Oakenshield, Smaug,  Elrond,  Gollum, etc what can you tell me about the first character? Bilbo Baggins is the title character and protagonist of the novel "The Hobbit", a supporting character in "The Lord of the Rings", and the fictional narrator of all Tolkien's Middle-earth writings.
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Bilbo Baggins [SEP] Quest
The Christian writer Joseph Pearce describes "The Hobbit" as "a pilgrimage of grace, in which its protagonist, Bilbo Baggins, becomes grown up ... in wisdom and virtue". Dorothy Matthews sees the story rather as a psychological journey, the anti-heroic Bilbo being willing to face challenges while firmly continuing to love home and discovering himself. Along the way, Matthews sees Jungian archetypes, talismans and symbols at every turn: the Jungian wise old man Gandalf; the devouring mother of the giant spider, not to mention Gollum's "long grasping fingers"; the Jungian circle of the self, the ring; the escape from the dark underground imprisoning chambers of the wood-elves and Bilbo's symbolic rebirth into the sunlight and the waters of the woodland river; and the dragon guarding the contested treasure, itself "an archetype of the self, of psychic wholeness".