Q1. What do you think is the theme of the first chapter?
Q2. Describe the Shire briefly.
Q3. Compare and contrast Bilbo’s and Gandalf’s characters from their first meeting in chapter 1.
Q4. List down the information that you gathered about Hobbits after reading chapter 1.
Q5. Imagine that you’re Bilbo Baggins, how would you feel if a group of dwarves come uninvited to your house. Would you be a courteous host? What kind of host was Bilbo Baggins that night?
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Answer:
1) Theme
Narrative
In contemporary literary studies, a theme is a central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.
2)In Tolkien's fiction, the Shire is described as a small but beautiful, idyllic and fruitful land, beloved by its hobbit inhabitants. They had agriculture but were not industrialized. The landscape included downland and woods like the English countryside. The Shire was fully inland; most hobbits feared the Sea.
4)An Unexpected Party. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit, a small, beardless creature with hairy feet who is quite sociable and loves the comforts of home. ... Bilbo invites him to tea the next day; Gandalf makes a strange mark on the outside of Bilbo's front door and leaves.
3)the first time BIlbo and Gandalf meet is in the first chapter of the Hobbit when Gandalf comes to Hobbiton. Though Gandalf did know Bilbo as a very young hobbit, but Bilbo did not remember Gandalf from other than stories form his grand parents' time.
5)Gandalf came to enlist Bilbo's aid in reclaiming the dwarves' lost treasure from the dragon.Bilbo is very respectable, polite, and hospitable and doesn't like surprises.The dwarves' music aroused the Tookish part of him. The Tooks were inclined to be daring and adventurous. The Baggins were a quiet people who enjoying living in a hole.