The Narrator, Who's Telling the Hobbit's Tale? |
 Jun 30 2008, 11:28 AM
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I always assumed that the narrator was Bilbo and that The Hobbit was basically supposed to be a transcription of The Red Book (or that part of it anyway). I personally find the writing style of The Hobbit and the narrator's interruptions to be rather off-putting - I much prefer the writing and narrative style of LOTR - but the narrator's interruptions do evoke more of an idea of oral storytelling, which I think is appropriate and plausible if you think of Bilbo as the narrator. I think The Hobbit has been "dumbed down" somewhat, for lack of a better way of putting it, because it was supposed to be a children's book, but that's another thing that I can justify or explain away for myself as being because it is Bilbo's story as told by him.
This post has been edited by Dreamteam: Jul 6 2008, 05:11 AM
Reason for edit: to add in gold ring for treasure hunt
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