Point of View Shift: Bilbo Baggins and World War I

Introduction

J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is hugely popular around the world. In this lesson, students will analyze the main character, Bilbo Baggins, and relate his point of view to a new situation: World War I.

Learning Objectives

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.6. Students will analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

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