Name________________________
Summer Reading: Reading Response
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
English 12; Levels: 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
Directions: Using the chart below, record at least twelve specific references from the novel that
align with the following themes. Be sure to give equal attention to all themes mentioned and
complete at least three quotations for each theme. This journal will be turned in the first day that
your English class meets in the fall. It will be awarded points for completion. Please note, your
summer reading work is an individual assignment that should be completed independently.
In addition to the journal, you will take a reading quiz on the text sometime during the first cycle
of the school year. The reading quiz will be worth 10% of your first marking period grade.
Themes:
1.) Qualities of The Epic Hero
2.) Good vs. Evil
3.) Loyalty
4.) Fate
Chapter &
Page Number
Quotation
[Bilbo] must stab the foul thing, put its
eyes out, kill it. [Gollum] meant to kill
him. No, not a fair fight. He was
invisible now. Gollum had no sword.
Gollum had not actually threatened to
kill him, or tried to yet. And he was
miserable, alone, lost. A sudden
understanding, a pity mixed with
horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart.
Explanation
Bilbo is debating whether he
should kill Gollum.
Thematic
Category
Good vs.
Evil