THE HOBBIT ATTITUDES VALUES AND BELIEFS Year 10
THE HOBBIT: ATTITUDES, VALUES AND BELIEFS Year 10 English, Livingstone Christian College
Attitudes, Values and Beliefs § What’s the difference? § Attitude = a way of thinking or feeling about something § Value = Principle or standard of behaviour, what is considered important § Belief = an opinion or conviction held by an individual or group
Attitudes, Values and Beliefs § What’s one attitude you have? Why? § One value you consider important? Why? § One thing you believe in and why
An example § Think about a movie, book or other story that you know well § What do you think the main attitudes, morals and values were in this story? § Attitudes: § Values § Beliefs:
Examples in Writing • Authors insert much of themselves into their work • Real life events that inspire • More commonly though it is… • Their attitudes towards certain topics • What they value • What they believe in
Examples in Writing • Look at the quote in the picture • What do you think this quote exposes about JRR Tolkien’s • Attitudes? • Values? • Beliefs?
Examples in The Hobbit (Bilbo) • Look at the quote in the picture • What do you think this quote exposes about Bilbo’s… • Attitudes? • Values? • Beliefs?
Examples in The Hobbit • Look at the quote in the picture • What do you think this quote exposes about Thorin’s… • Attitudes? • Values? • Beliefs?
Examples in The Hobbit • Look at the quote in the picture • What do you think this quote exposes about Gandalf’s… • Attitudes? • Values? • Beliefs?
Your task for this week… • Think about The Hobbit, now that you have completed reading it • Consider the values, attitudes and beliefs that the author has placed in the book • Answers any two of the questions here in your post • Does ‘The Hobbit’ reflect Christian beliefs and values? Can you find evidence within the novel that suggests Tolkien was a person of faith? • What lessons can we learn from Bilbo’s adventure? Is he a ‘conqueror’ (Zechariah 4: 6)? • If you had to explain the message the author is conveying in the book, what would it be? • Do Bilbo’s actions reflect an attitude of service or self sacrifice? Provide examples to prove or disprove this • Does this attitude bring satisfaction and success or failure and loneliness to Bilbo? • What minor characters represent more selfish, self seeking attitudes? What eventually becomes of them? Why might this be?
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