Is 'The Hobbit' an allegory?
Answer No, Tolkien clearly stated that it was not an allegory. In one of his letters he comments: "I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language. (And, of course, the more 'life' a story has the more readily will it be susceptible of allegorical interpretations: while the better a deliberate allegory is made the more nearly will it…