Bilbo, Balin, Bard, Beorn, Bofur, Dain, Fili, Gloin, Kili and many more.
Gerontius Took, called the "Old Took" was a hobbit, the 26th Thain of the Shire, an ancestor to several of the main hobbit characters in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Three-dimensional, I would say. His character develops throughout The Hobbit, too, it might be added.
Bilbo Baggins and Gollum first appeared in the hobbit.
Some evil characters in LOTR are Sauron, Saruman, and their followers. In the Hobbit, it is mainly Smaug and other, lesser evil characters. In the Silmarillion, it is Morgoth.
The Silmarillion, most of the History of Middle Earth and The Children of Húrin fall before The Hobbit in the timeline of Middle Earth.
No female characters are even mentioned by name in The Hobbit.
The Hobbit is an adventure fantasy. There is no romance in The Hobbit and almost no mention of females at all.
Gerontius Took, called the "Old Took" was a hobbit, the 26th Thain of the Shire, an ancestor to several of the main hobbit characters in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
The Hobbit belongs in the fantasy genre. The characters, the location and the story are all made up and it includes magic.
Three-dimensional, I would say. His character develops throughout The Hobbit, too, it might be added.
Bilbo Baggins and Gollum first appeared in the hobbit.
Tolkien's hobbit characters can only be found in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Some discussion of them can be found in his History of Middle Earth books, basically they are notes about the writing and creation of Middle Earth.
A Hobbit is not real and are only fictional characters. If they were real they are small humans and what you suggest is slavery. One human does not own another.
It depends on what you mean by "person". Very few of the characters in The Hobbit are actually human beings. So part of a character's identity must be their species. It most books that is not an issue, but in The Hobbit it matters whether we are talking about a dwarf, hobbit, elf, or dragon. Another important factor is names. Tolkien was a linguist and names were very important to him, even in The Hobbit where he is writing for children.
The Hobbit contains many human characters, including the men of Laketown, most notably Bard the Bowman. Gandalf appears in human form, but he is not a human.
Some evil characters in LOTR are Sauron, Saruman, and their followers. In the Hobbit, it is mainly Smaug and other, lesser evil characters. In the Silmarillion, it is Morgoth.
Smaug is the worst one but there is also Gollum and the three trolls william bert and tom.