Wednesday, February 3, 2010

chapter 12 questions

1.write characterizacions of bilbo and the dwarves based on this chapter.
the dwarves are clueless and bilbo does all the saving and the thinking and he is only getting 1/14 of the treasure
2.what motivates bilbo to steal the cup?
the dwarves motivated him.
3.what techinques does tolkien use to characterize smaug?
he characterizes smaug as a smart educated worm/dragon
4.explain how bilbo tries to trick smaug and how smaug tries to influence bilbo,is either succesful?explain.include a clarification of bilbos riddle-talk.
bilbo tried to trick smog by praising him and smaug tries to influence bilbo by making him say his name and where hes from the clarification of bilbos riddle talk is describing all his adventures.
5.what mistakes does bilbo make in dealing with smaug in your opinion?
bilbo accidently says hes a barrel rider meaning he came from water town so smaug is gonna destroy that place
6.what effect does the hoard of gold have on the various characters.
on the dwarves it makes them forget about the smaug and thorin he just tries to find the arkenstone and bilbo doesnt really bother much with it.

OCEANA AND SYBILLE :)

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