A story is an adventure the reader wants to partake in. It pulls the reader in, allowing him or her to experience a whole new world and meet new friends. A delightful story will create a sense of excitement and woo the reader to want more. The story is driven by the conflict. It is a crucial tool for writers to use to enhance and add further depth to the characters they create. "Without conflict, there is no story" (Sellers, 86). Furthermore, creating a good story might require additional preparation and planning. For example, J.R.R. Tolkien "in addition to writing [his] story, he drew it" (Gilsdorf, par. 2). As a writer, you are encouraged to write what you know. (Sellers, 16). It is the writer's obligation to plan out, strategize and explore
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These literary devices allow the reader to partake in the same adventure along with Bilbo Baggins to the Lonely Mountain. They create a series of vivid images in one's mind. This brings the story to life. An example of light imagery within The Hobbit, is the description of the Arkenstone, the King's Jewel. "The great jewel shone before is feet of its own inner light, and yet, cut and fashioned by the dwarves, who had dug it from the heart of the mountain long ago, it took all light that fell upon it and changed it into ten thousand sparks of white radiance shot with glints of the rainbow" (Tolkien, 274-75). The Arkenstone is also a symbol of greed and materialism. To Thorin Oakenshield, the jewel," is worth more than a river of gold in itself, and to [Thorin] it is beyond price"(Tolkien ,309). Tolkien's use of foreshadowing frequents throughout his works. In The Hobbit, during Bilbo's discovery of the One Ring, Tolkien wrote, “It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it" (Tolkien, 81). In a similar fashion, The Hobbit is often foreshadowing of what is to come. For example, "Dwarves had not passed that way for many years but Gandalf had, and he knew how evil and danger had grown and thriven in the Wild, since the dragons had driven men from the lands, and the goblins had spread in secret after the battle of the Mines of Moria" (Tolkien,
These literary devices allow the reader to partake in the same adventure along with Bilbo Baggins to the Lonely Mountain. They create a series of vivid images in one's mind. This brings the story to life. An example of light imagery within The Hobbit, is the description of the Arkenstone, the King's Jewel. "The great jewel shone before is feet of its own inner light, and yet, cut and fashioned by the dwarves, who had dug it from the heart of the mountain long ago, it took all light that fell upon it and changed it into ten thousand sparks of white radiance shot with glints of the rainbow" (Tolkien, 274-75). The Arkenstone is also a symbol of greed and materialism. To Thorin Oakenshield, the jewel," is worth more than a river of gold in itself, and to [Thorin] it is beyond price"(Tolkien ,309). Tolkien's use of foreshadowing frequents throughout his works. In The Hobbit, during Bilbo's discovery of the One Ring, Tolkien wrote, “It was a turning point in his career, but he did not know it" (Tolkien, 81). In a similar fashion, The Hobbit is often foreshadowing of what is to come. For example, "Dwarves had not passed that way for many years but Gandalf had, and he knew how evil and danger had grown and thriven in the Wild, since the dragons had driven men from the lands, and the goblins had spread in secret after the battle of the Mines of Moria" (Tolkien,