It's a geeky forecast, today.
The authors of the minimalist MS-Paint webcomic A Hard Hobbit to Break published a really great essay on the 7 largest themes in J. R. R. Tolkein's The Hobbit and how they can relate to our daily lives.
And it's not a surprise that they do. The Hobbit is high adventure, but it's also a story about a journey. Not a Hero's Journey-- that's about the adolescence and tribulations and personal growth of a hero character.
It's a story about having your life up-heaved to go on a trip that you're not sure will end well.
Plenty of us call ourselves some kind of profession, but don't feel qualified or were forced into it and now we just sort of play along... though with luck few of us are burglars.
Plenty of us have had to muddle through vast conflicts that don't even include us, and yet, we've had to make decisions that influence them.
And plenty of us have happened across something totally by chance that's changed the entire game: sometimes, for the worse. Though hopefully none of my readers have found the One Ring.
Hopefully.
The authors of the minimalist MS-Paint webcomic A Hard Hobbit to Break published a really great essay on the 7 largest themes in J. R. R. Tolkein's The Hobbit and how they can relate to our daily lives.
And it's not a surprise that they do. The Hobbit is high adventure, but it's also a story about a journey. Not a Hero's Journey-- that's about the adolescence and tribulations and personal growth of a hero character.
It's a story about having your life up-heaved to go on a trip that you're not sure will end well.
Plenty of us call ourselves some kind of profession, but don't feel qualified or were forced into it and now we just sort of play along... though with luck few of us are burglars.
Plenty of us have had to muddle through vast conflicts that don't even include us, and yet, we've had to make decisions that influence them.
And plenty of us have happened across something totally by chance that's changed the entire game: sometimes, for the worse. Though hopefully none of my readers have found the One Ring.
Hopefully.
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I'd add, "You can't grow if you never move out of your comfort zone." Bilbo was ensconced in bourgeois respectability until his adventures - and even then didn't begin to develop until he was tested. He first asserts himself (very tentatively) with the trolls, and with each successive challenge, finds himself further and further afield from tea cosies and the fear of cracked plates. Each adventure pushes the development of his bravery and moral compass. Neither of which would have had much play if he stayed by his familiar teapot and fireplace.
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