“The Hobbit” follows the story of Biblo, our hero, set on a quest by Gandalf, his master (a wizard) to rob dragon Smaug for the prize of a treasure. Written on 1936, John Tolkien crafted the perfect classic hero’s journey. The theme and core of the story is about the growth of Biblo as a hero/a human being.
He is called on an adventure and despite refusing to go he ends up going. Though Act 2 he learns and grows by over coming obstacles. In Act 3, with the help of his allies, he overcomes challenge and returns home now being a “better” person than he originally was - what a perfect recipe!
The role of the “Master”, in this case Gandolf, in StarWars Obi-Wan Kenobi, plays its part very beautifully. The story combines trades of Magic as well as human characteristics such as jealousy, racism and maturity through experience.
I was introduced to a lot of new creatures such as Dwarfs, Wizards, Hobbits and so on. I think such creatures, seen in other gigantic stories, are created based on the collection of a few and specific human characteristics. This is assuming that humans have multiple characteristic. This in turn allows our storyteller to evoke specific emotions and thoughts as demanded by the story structure and the era’s social norms at different times throughout the story.
I think nature is used very well in this book. This can be seen specially at the end when the Eagles decide to help out. James Cameron in “Avatar” tried pulling off a similar story element but failed! - It felt contrived. We also see that the people who are the heros 'friends' are all in peace with nature and vise versa with the enemies.
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