Good vs. Evil in The Hobbit It is apparent that in J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit, there is the underlying theme of the continual struggle between good and evil. Tolkien’s plan in the novel was to show this theme through an adventure story. The theme is highlighted in the episodes where Gandalf, the dwarves, and Bilbo fight against the many terrors of Middle Earth. Through fights with goblins, trolls, wolves and the …showed first 75 words of 576 total…

…showed last 75 words of 576 total…and evil is defeated. In The Hobbit, good is perpetually winning over evil. Through adventure, Tolkien creates this easy-to-understand theme. Since the novel was originally a children’s story, Tolkien makes the good characters and the evil characters distinctively different. He describes each character, saying whether he is polite, improper, good, or bad. Through the adventures of the dwarves and Bilbo, children and adults alike can understand that good, eventually, will rise to the top.