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disneygirl195
disneygirl195
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High School - 9th Grade

why did bilbo give away the arkestone to bard?

 

remember when thorin said to go to Smaug's lair and find me the arkestone. when bilbo found the arkestone he gave it to Bard. andi wonder why?

 

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Posted by disneygirl195 on Thursday September 17, 2009 at 5:08 PM and tagged with idk, the hobbit.

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  1. frizzyperm Teacher
    College - Senior

    Because Bilbo knew that Thorin was not being open-minded or fair. Bilbo wanted long term peace between Dwarves and Elves and Men. But Thorin was not prepared to share and wanted to be greedy and selfish.

    So Bilbo gave the most important thing in Thorin's life (the arkenstone) to Thorin's 'enemies'. That way Thorin had to talk and negotiate and be sensible.

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    Posted by frizzyperm on Thursday September 17, 2009 at 6:14 PM