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Some readers mistakenly believe that J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\u002fem\u003e, is just a simple children's story. Tolkien might have written the book for his children's entertainment, but the best children's literature always has a deep level of meaning, and \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\u002fem\u003e is no exception.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Three Keys to Everyday Life\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eProfessor Pearce gives you three keys to a true understanding of The Hobbit's applicability to everyday life:\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eBilbo grows in maturity, wisdom, compassion, self-sacrifice, and heroism over the course of his journey to the Lonely Mountain. At the end of the novel, Gandalf proclaims that Bilbo is no longer the hobbit he was; and we know that he is changed for the better. The meaning of life is to grow in virtue and holiness by learning the lessons of our adventures so that we can return \"home\" to God in Heaven.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\u002fem\u003e, Bilbo is time and again protected and rewarded by \"luck\" or \"good fortune.\" The \"luck\" present in The Hobbit is nothing other than the hand of providence and grace. In order to survive our life's journey like Bilbo, we need the supernatural assistance of grace and providence.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eOver and over again in the book, Tolkien presents characters who have fallen prey to dragon-sickness: pride and the lust for gold and material possessions. \u003cem\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\u002fem\u003e serves as a cautionary meditation on Matthew 6:21: \"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.\"\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eBilbo Baggins of Bag End and his adventures can serve as a mirror for our journey through life. Even though we won't find ourselves travelling through goblin-infested mountains, chased by spiders, or threatened by trolls, we can see that virtue is only attained through grace by slaying the monsters and demons which try to prevent our passage into eternal glory. Tolkien's profoundly Catholic worldview allows us to transcend the literal meaning of the story and apply its theological lessons to our own lives.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\"Overcoming the Dragon Within Us\"\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003cbr \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fembed\u002fmedias\u002fdvmucc8ano.jsonp\" async=\"\"\u003e\u003c\u002fscript\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fassets\u002fexternal\u002fE-v1.js\" async=\"\"\u003e\u003c\u002fscript\u003e\n\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_dvmucc8ano seo=false videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"filter: blur(5px); height: 100%; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fembed\u002fmedias\u002fdvmucc8ano\u002fswatch\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLectures \u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBilbo’s Pilgrimage\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"\u003eBilbo's journey reflects our own journey through life, involving growing up and growing in virtue - through grace.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Unexpected Parting\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"\u003eGandalf prompts Bilbo into an adventure, which, on the moral level, encourages growth in wisdom and virtue, through suffering and sacrifice, of Bilbo himself. \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrusting in “Luck”\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"\u003eThrough Bilbo's early encounters, we learn that \"luck\" is not merely chance, but is evidence of meaning and purpose in the cosmos. \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoblins and Gollum\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"\u003eThe adventure continues as goblins reflect cruelty, wickedness, and the evils of technology and Gollum shows how hatred often hurts itself. \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBilbo Comes of Age\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"\u003eGandalf leaves the party, allowing Bilbo to grow up through defeating obstacles on his own. \u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Return of the King\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"\u003eThorin Oakenshield returns to Lake-town as the rightful King under the Mountain, and must vanquish the usurper, the dragon Smaug\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dragon Sickness of Pride\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"\u003eBilbo discovers the dragon's weakness which becomes its downfall, but not before the dwarves fall prey to its sickness of greed and pride.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlessed Be the Poor in Spirit\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"\u003eAs the adventure ends, a humble and grown-up Bilbo finds great contentment back at home, just as our life's pilgrimage leads us back to our home in Heaven\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002fol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLecture Sample\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003ca id=\"sample_video\" style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003c\u002fa\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fembed\u002fmedias\u002ff49f9b34jv.jsonp\" async=\"\"\u003e\u003c\u002fscript\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fassets\u002fexternal\u002fE-v1.js\" async=\"\"\u003e\u003c\u002fscript\u003e\n\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_f49f9b34jv seo=false videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"filter: blur(5px); height: 100%; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fembed\u002fmedias\u002ff49f9b34jv\u002fswatch\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Professor\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eJoseph Pearce is Writer in Residence and Visiting Fellow at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, NH. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Mt. Royal Academy in Sunapee, NH. A popular speaker, he lectures regularly at a wide variety of events at major colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Europe, Africa, and South America.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eProfessor Pearce is a renowned biographer whose books include:\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrough Shakespeare’s Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays\u003c\u002fem\u003e (Ignatius Press, 2010)\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTolkien: Man and Myth, a Literary Life\u003c\u002fem\u003e (HarperCollins, 1998)\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Giants, Literary Catholics\u003c\u002fem\u003e (Ignatius Press, 2005)\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton\u003c\u002fem\u003e (Ignatius Press, 1997)\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOld Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc\u003c\u002fem\u003e (Ignatius Press, 2002)\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fli\u003e\n\u003c\u002ful\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eHis articles have been published in \u003cem\u003eLay Witness\u003c\u002fem\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNational Review\u003c\u002fem\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDistributist Review\u003c\u002fem\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNational Catholic Register\u003c\u002fem\u003e. Professor Pearce is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Higher Education from Thomas More College for the Liberal Arts and the Pollock Award for Christian Biography. He is co-editor of the \u003cem\u003eSt. Austin Review,\u003c\u002fem\u003e editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eIgnatius Critical Editions\u003c\u002fem\u003e, and editor-in-chief of Sapientia Press.\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fembed\u002fmedias\u002fkiedu406jh.jsonp\" async=\"\"\u003e\u003c\u002fscript\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fassets\u002fexternal\u002fE-v1.js\" async=\"\"\u003e\u003c\u002fscript\u003e\n\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_kiedu406jh seo=false videoFoam=true\" style=\"height: 100%; position: relative; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height: 100%; left: 0; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0; transition: opacity 200ms; width: 100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"filter: blur(5px); height: 100%; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\u002f\u002ffast.wistia.com\u002fembed\u002fmedias\u002fkiedu406jh\u002fswatch\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \u002f\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\u002fdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHomeschooling Products\u003c\u002fstrong\u003e\u003c\u002fspan\u003e\u003c\u002fp\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe Homeschooling Set includes the Streaming Video and Homeschooling Course Guide. 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In this companion course to The Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings, Professor Joseph Pearce highlights the "fundamentally religious and Catholic" nature of Tolkien's famous novel, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again.
In this course, Joseph Pearce shows that Tolkien's own words about The Lord of the Rings being a "fundamentally religious and Catholic work" also apply to The Hobbit. Some readers mistakenly believe that J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, The Hobbit, is just a simple children's story. Tolkien might have written the book for his children's entertainment, but the best children's literature always has a deep level of meaning, and The Hobbit is no exception.
The Three Keys to Everyday Life
Professor Pearce gives you three keys to a true understanding of The Hobbit's applicability to everyday life:
Bilbo grows in maturity, wisdom, compassion, self-sacrifice, and heroism over the course of his journey to the Lonely Mountain. At the end of the novel, Gandalf proclaims that Bilbo is no longer the hobbit he was; and we know that he is changed for the better. The meaning of life is to grow in virtue and holiness by learning the lessons of our adventures so that we can return "home" to God in Heaven.
In The Hobbit, Bilbo is time and again protected and rewarded by "luck" or "good fortune." The "luck" present in The Hobbit is nothing other than the hand of providence and grace. In order to survive our life's journey like Bilbo, we need the supernatural assistance of grace and providence.
Over and over again in the book, Tolkien presents characters who have fallen prey to dragon-sickness: pride and the lust for gold and material possessions. The Hobbit serves as a cautionary meditation on Matthew 6:21: "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Bilbo Baggins of Bag End and his adventures can serve as a mirror for our journey through life. Even though we won't find ourselves travelling through goblin-infested mountains, chased by spiders, or threatened by trolls, we can see that virtue is only attained through grace by slaying the monsters and demons which try to prevent our passage into eternal glory. Tolkien's profoundly Catholic worldview allows us to transcend the literal meaning of the story and apply its theological lessons to our own lives.
"Overcoming the Dragon Within Us"
Lectures
Bilbo’s Pilgrimage
Bilbo's journey reflects our own journey through life, involving growing up and growing in virtue - through grace.
An Unexpected Parting
Gandalf prompts Bilbo into an adventure, which, on the moral level, encourages growth in wisdom and virtue, through suffering and sacrifice, of Bilbo himself.
Trusting in “Luck”
Through Bilbo's early encounters, we learn that "luck" is not merely chance, but is evidence of meaning and purpose in the cosmos.
Goblins and Gollum
The adventure continues as goblins reflect cruelty, wickedness, and the evils of technology and Gollum shows how hatred often hurts itself.
Bilbo Comes of Age
Gandalf leaves the party, allowing Bilbo to grow up through defeating obstacles on his own.
The Return of the King
Thorin Oakenshield returns to Lake-town as the rightful King under the Mountain, and must vanquish the usurper, the dragon Smaug
The Dragon Sickness of Pride
Bilbo discovers the dragon's weakness which becomes its downfall, but not before the dwarves fall prey to its sickness of greed and pride.
Blessed Be the Poor in Spirit
As the adventure ends, a humble and grown-up Bilbo finds great contentment back at home, just as our life's pilgrimage leads us back to our home in Heaven
Lecture Sample
About the Professor
Joseph Pearce is Writer in Residence and Visiting Fellow at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in Merrimack, NH. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Mt. Royal Academy in Sunapee, NH. A popular speaker, he lectures regularly at a wide variety of events at major colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Europe, Africa, and South America.
Professor Pearce is a renowned biographer whose books include:
Through Shakespeare’s Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays (Ignatius Press, 2010)
Tolkien: Man and Myth, a Literary Life (HarperCollins, 1998)
Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton (Ignatius Press, 1997)
Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc (Ignatius Press, 2002)
His articles have been published in Lay Witness, National Review, Distributist Review, and National Catholic Register. Professor Pearce is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Higher Education from Thomas More College for the Liberal Arts and the Pollock Award for Christian Biography. He is co-editor of the St. Austin Review, editor-in-chief of Ignatius Critical Editions, and editor-in-chief of Sapientia Press.
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