My Wide Reading Response

Wide Reading Response 3

By Amy Wrigley

Title: The Hobbit

Author: J.R.R Tolkien

Text Type: Fiction

Synopsis:

This book is about a hobbit who doesn't have a normal life. This hobbits name is Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo has an unexpected quest waiting for him that Gandalf the wizard gave him. The quest is for him to reclaim a powerful gem from the dragon Smug but his quest doesn't go as planned.

I think the author chose this title is because the story's main character is a hobbit or the story is about a hobbit's life.

My favorite character:

My favorite character is Smug because he is one of my favorite animals, a dragon also I love his personality because he's always so funny and he is also a sneaky trickster for example when he tried to trick Bilbo from coming out of his hiding spot when Bilbo was in his lair

An interesting relationship in the text:

An interesting relationship in the text is Bilbo and Gandalf because at first they were never friends because Bilbo was not a very social and Gandalf wasn’t really his type.   but when you get to the middle of the book they start working together by trusting each other and it turned into an amazing relationship.

Explains one of the themes or big ideas in the text:

One of the big relationships in the text is Bilbo and Gandalf, I think this because they had nothing in common at the start of the story, but in there adventures they have together they start to realize they have a few things in common like they both want to live a happy life and help others.

Examples of connections I’ve made in the text

The character Gandalf reminds me of Dumbledore from harry potter because they are both mysterious and magical. The dwarfs remind me of the dwarfs in snow white because there is a grumpy and a sleepy dwarf in the hobbit.

Lost at Sea

My wings spread across the moonlit night sky as I flew over the wild waves in search of something to feed on. I flew for hours over the endless sea I could hear my stomach growling at me because there was no food . As I was turning around to fly back to my cave I couldn’t see my island there was nothing there except for the moon and horizon.

I was starting to get weaker by the second I had to find a place to rest and regain my strength so I could get back home. Yes finally I found an island it wasn’t a big one but it was just the right size, as I flew closer I notest a little hole on the island but I didn’t worry about it, it wasn’t even near big enough for me to fall into. I landed on the island it was a bit soft but I didn’t care so I lay down and fell asleep.

I woke up to a terrible feeling, my face was drenched in water I wondered how I got my face so wet so I looked down at the little hole in the unusual island, suddenly a geyser of water hit my face just then I realized I was on a whale! Yes finally some food. I bit into the whale but I did no damage “what ? um this shouldn’t be happening”, just at that moment another geyser blew into my face you should have seen my expression  it was hilarious.