In the story The Hobbit Bilbo ends up being the hero in many situations. At first you would not consider him a hero by any of today's typical standards for one. For example he's not big, strong , handsome,or good with any particular weapon. But in the hobbit bilbo does not need any of those particular standards. He is considered a hero under different standards. He is lucky, brave (this aspect develops throughout the novel), …showed first 75 words of 595 total…

…showed last 75 words of 595 total…novel many times. In chapter 9 he develops a plan to free the dwarves and eventually escape from the elven palce. In chapter 8 he uses this intelligence to help the dwarves escape from the spiders by luring them one by one away from their webs.         The final and more than likely the most important quality of a hero is leadership ability. You have to be able to lead your companions through tough and easy times alike