Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves and Orcs.

The LOTR series is truly a magnificent fantasy story.

The book I am reading, The Hobbit (or There and Back Again) by J.R.R Tolkien is the prequel of the Lord Of the Rings series portraying Bilbo Baggins as the main character/protagonist. He is known as a "hobbit", an elf half the size of a human that love to drink and party. So far in the story, Bilbo is forced to travel with Gandalf, a very powerful wizard, along with 13 or so elves, with Thorin, the leader of the pack.

Coincidently, through thorough research I realized that Bilbo was intentionally related to Tolkien's son. It does, in fact, make sense to use a miniature creature similar as a child to be the main character. Bilbo himself tends to be heartwarming but easy-tempered, possibly like Tolkien's son. Bilbo seems to undergo somewhat of adolescence too, and changes his ways of living from avoiding interesting adventures.

Gandalf the-awesome-wizard-of-all-time, is an important supporting character who helps Bilbo overcome his fears, and taking care of him. He can be similar to a father that encourages his son to move on from what he can't do to what he can. Tolkien is similar in a way, too. He obviously loves his son.

Speaking about Hobbits in general, they are very adorable creatures. They love to drink, they love to party, they love everything. They are, what you would describe as peace. As far as I know, they've never been in any specific wars as a race. In the book, they are symbolized as children oblivious in danger and think positively. They live in "Hobbit holes" with adorable round houses decorated with trinkets and such. Sometimes, wondering about Hobbits makes me even think if other Hobbits were to hate one another.

Hobbits are such loving British-accented people.

Bang and Boom.

The book I am reading is called "Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick. So far in the story, a teenager named Steven realizes that his taunting brother, Jeffrey, has leukemia, a fatal cancer that attacks essential bacteria and cells within the body. The main character portrays an unexperienced adolescent that makes regretful decisions.

One thing typical adolescents go through is rebellion of parents. Steven decides to by allowing Jeffrey to do things on his own that goes beyond his parents' rules. The aftermath was a continuous nosebleed that never stopped. Normally, the typical adolescent won't admit his awful decisions until a certain point with his/her parents that often makes conditions worse. Of course, that was portrayed in the story as well.

Another thing typical adolescents go through is young love. Steven falls in love with the -"most HOTTEST"- girl at his high school; but readers decide whether his/her love is true. This girl already has a boyfriend, doesn't think of Steven at all, and is already too clique and seen in way too many soap operas to know the answer. The main character most likely has a close friend that is female.

The last thing is the ability to change. The protagonist/adolescent must learn from experience and decide his/her way of life according to his/her decisions. As of now, the adolescent protagonist hasn't done that yet.

Isn't this "normal"?

Disappointed.

Sigh. (Some spoilers. Yeah.)

Currently reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding, about a bundle of British schoolboys attempting to govern themselves after a plane crashed on a deserted island. So far, Ralph, the leader and main character, tries to figure out the mystery behind a beast living in the island. As of now and the past few days of reading this, I am disappointed and impatient.

I was told by a bunch of friends, classmates and teachers the same speech: "Did you read the Lord of the Flies? It's good". In addition, my sister decided to spoil it to me and told me a fat kid dies. When I found the book in my homeroom library, I decided: "Why not?" and begun my reading. There was no indication of flies, which I felt emotional about, but the saying goes 'don't judge a book by it's cover', only it's the title... so I guess you could turn down this book because there's no flies, right?

Reading up to the 27th page was easy. My first days of reading this went by pretty quickly. Then afterwards, days later, the same problems kept reappearing. It was until then that I thought, wow, this book is REALLY boring. I researched other reviews of this book and a site stated that this one received an award. It wasn't that the book was horrible, but I didn't feel anything. This book isn't that special enough to obtain a Nobel peace prize. The plot wasn't predictable but almost clique. However, at the same time, my emotions kept overflowing as if I wish to be in the book and punch a few characters. So, I decided to continue finishing the book.

While reading the book, I began to think about what this uncooperative, community of pandemonium was. I thought that William Golding was attempting to symbolize the hopeless schoolboys as a society. Ralph, a good leader but receives advice from his unpopular obese friend, Piggy, tries to govern a large group that contain lazy, scared, and disobedient adolescents. Along the way, Jack, a naive choir kid who was expected to hunt food, tries to govern the people with his own ways and then ***ks the whole thing up. He already did this twice, so I hope he dies soon.

Society just never learns.