ONLY READ THIS IF YOU HAVE READ THE HOBBIT!
J.R.R. Tolkien uses our association with real world animals to build characters. What three animals does he include in this week’s reading and what associations do you have with them that you see in the novel? What archetypes might these characters represent? How do these archetypes contribute to Bilbo’s progression as a character?
Extra Credit: Do you think these archetypes represent later occurrences or characters in the novel and, if so, explain where and what you think they may be.