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How tall is Gloin from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings?

The answer is going to vary depending upon what story and what set of legends or fairy tales you wish to base the answer on. In the majority of stories, elves are depicted as being very small. Small Elves * The house elves in Harry Potter series are much shorter than people. * The elves in The Shoemaker and the Elves are on the small side. * The movie Elf had small elves * The Santa Clause movies had small, as well as young, elves. Tall Elves * J. R. R. Tolkien's Elves (The Lord of the Rings, etc) are physically the same as Men (although the different human peoples vary in size, so some are shorter). * The books in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, also had tall thin elves


How would The Hobbit be classified as fantasy?

Pretty much any story that includes magic of any type will be a fantasy. And the number of fantasy creatures (trolls, dwarves, elves, goblins, talking birds) is another key indication.


What is difference between hobbit AND dwarf?

The hobbit is much shorter than a dwarf. Hobbits do not have beards.


Describe Tolkien's use of humor in The Hobbit From what authorial techniques and sources does the book draw much of its wit?

Tolkien is a very humorous writer; he makes humor in his books by adding funny parts to the story. Like when Bilbo laughed at the dwarves getting out of the barrels after they floated down the wet cold river that was next to the big black Mirkwood forest, which I think is a cool place because it has giant spiders. The spiders would've eaten the dwarves unless Frodo helped them get out of the webs. They were saved and happy until the wood-elves caught them then Frodo helped them escape again by throwing them in barrels. It's really funny because he laughs at them.


Identify cram in The Hobbit?

Cram is the name of a type of bread that is carried by travelers in The Hobbit. It is a special recipe that the elves use, and produces a light, sweet biscuit that does not spoil, and provides energy even if eaten in small amounts.The dwarves refer to it as "Cram", something similar that they make themselves, but admit that the Elven type is much superior to their own.If you want to know what cram is, I can only say that I don't know the recipe; but it is biscuitish, keeps good indefinitely, is supposed to be sustaining, and is certainly not entertaining, being in fact very uninteresting except as a chewing exercise. It was made by the Lake-men for long journeys.-- The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

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How tall is Gloin from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings?

The answer is going to vary depending upon what story and what set of legends or fairy tales you wish to base the answer on. In the majority of stories, elves are depicted as being very small. Small Elves * The house elves in Harry Potter series are much shorter than people. * The elves in The Shoemaker and the Elves are on the small side. * The movie Elf had small elves * The Santa Clause movies had small, as well as young, elves. Tall Elves * J. R. R. Tolkien's Elves (The Lord of the Rings, etc) are physically the same as Men (although the different human peoples vary in size, so some are shorter). * The books in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, also had tall thin elves


How would The Hobbit be classified as fantasy?

Pretty much any story that includes magic of any type will be a fantasy. And the number of fantasy creatures (trolls, dwarves, elves, goblins, talking birds) is another key indication.


How are the Wood-elves different from the elves in 'The Hobbit'?

Wood-elves are exactly the elses in The Hobbit. They are Thranduil's race, living in the North, west of the town called Dale during the Middle Earth. They use smaller bows, are lesser in stature than the folk of Lothlorien or Elrond's people, and quite detached from High Elves and the evles of the Gray Havens and Cirdan the Shipwright. Wood Elves are the ones that captured Bilbo's party until Bildo engineered their escape.


In 'The Hobbit' why did the Dwarf attack against Bard and the elvenking end as quickly as it had begun?

Bolg and his army of orcs and wargs arrived to do battle with them all. Elves hate orcs just about as much as Dwarves do and was a greater threat because it was a huge army.


How many barrels are in one long ton?

That depends what the barrels are of and how much the individual barrels weigh.


How much elves does santa have?

1000050067


Are the elves that work with Santa his slaves If not how much do you think that they get paid?

There are no such things as elves! Santa's fake!


What is difference between hobbit AND dwarf?

The hobbit is much shorter than a dwarf. Hobbits do not have beards.


Why are elves annoying?

this is because elves have a small brain and they don't understand what they say much, they are retards basically :)


Describe Tolkien's use of humor in The Hobbit From what authorial techniques and sources does the book draw much of its wit?

Tolkien is a very humorous writer; he makes humor in his books by adding funny parts to the story. Like when Bilbo laughed at the dwarves getting out of the barrels after they floated down the wet cold river that was next to the big black Mirkwood forest, which I think is a cool place because it has giant spiders. The spiders would've eaten the dwarves unless Frodo helped them get out of the webs. They were saved and happy until the wood-elves caught them then Frodo helped them escape again by throwing them in barrels. It's really funny because he laughs at them.


How many barrles in a long ton?

That depends what the barrels are of and how much the individual barrels weigh.


Where did Santa get his elves from?

He found them at an orphanage and hired them