The Hobbit

Ordinary world - Bilbo is a perfectly happy 50 year old hobbit with a routine living life peacefully in The Shire

The Call to Adventure - Gandalf shows up

Refusal of the Call - Respectable hobbits don’t go on adventures!

Supernatural Aid/The Mentor - In the morning, Bilbo goes outside to see Gandalf, who encourages him to go and Bilbo runs to catch up with the dwarves.

Crossing the Threshold - Bilbo runs to meet the others at the inn, leaving the safety of his hobbit hole

Belly of the Whale - When Bilbo kills the spider. It’s the first enemy he’s really defeated and he states that feels different.

Road of Trials/Tests- Trolls, goblins, elves, men, and spiders. Oh my!

Meeting with the Goddess -???

Woman as Temptress - The comforts and temptations of home

Atonement with the Father - When Bilbo gives bard the Arkenstone and is then praised by Gandalf for making the right choice

Apotheosis - ???

The Ultimate Boon - Bilbo gets treasure, gets to keep the ring, and the elvish dagger

No refusal of return or magic flight

Rescue from Without - Not necessarily in The Hobbit but they do spend the winter on the way back with Beorn.

The Crossing of the Return Threshold - Bilbo returns to The Shire

Master of Two Worlds - Bilbo returns to Bag End as a respectable hobbit, although he will ever be quite the same as the others.

Freedom to Live - Bilbo is less narrow-minded after his adventure and is much more confident.

I apologize if I repeated anything said in class, for I was absent. This is my idea of the Heroic Journey as in the Hobbit, and all of the points that it has that fits the classic monomyth. The biggest thing The Hobbit is missing is The Meeting with the Goddess. He is never tempted or thrown astray by any beautiful women. My idea as to why is to keep the tale more child friendly. The other thing that's missing is Apotheosis. There is no one defining incident where Bilbo rises to god-like status. Instead he is rather reluctant and gradually becomes the hero willing to fight in the Battle of the Five Armies, a feat unlikely for any hobbit. Given, he gets knocked out and misses most of it. There is also no refusal of return, or magic flight. There is a magic flight at the end, however there is one earlier when Beorn, the Lord of the Eagles saves the group from the Wargs and Goblins.