That book about little people.

I did not read the Hobbit until I graduated from high school, but it took me about three years to finish the book, but thats not for lack of knowing how to read. Honestly even as a kid I didn't really know about the book and first found out about it through Ralph Bashkis boring The Hobbit cartoon movie, not knowing it was part of a whole epic and deep detailed universe. Once the movies came out then I really took notice and decided to try the Hobbit as part of one of those 'things everyone must do before they die' sort of thing.

I especially like this books theme of unexpected people going on grand adventures for the sake of adventure. You start off with an ordinary Hobbit known as Bilbo Baggins, which can be interpreted as any normal human comfortable in their day to day. Then Gandolf the wizard shows up and causes a ruckus insisting that Bilbo comes with him on a great adventure with a band of dwarves in search of fortune and a dragon that lives in a mountain. As Bilbo goes further and further from his home of Hobbiton he encounters increasingly different characters. Soon Bilbo finds himself separated from the rest of the group and lost in a deep cave, but is soon discovered by Golem who leads him through the cave until Golem looses him, and the ring. It is there in the deepest darkest part of the cave fate convenes and he comes across The Ring. The sources of all troubles in the world, created with a benevolent purpose for evil. Although at first it wouldn't appear as such and if you didnt know about the later three books It would seem like any other magical ring simply granting the wearer invisibility. However we quickly find the ring may have a greater power to it. Bilbo hears Golem off in the darkness screaming and crying and clamoring for the ring. It has a power of humanoids that makes it irresistible. It takes control of your life and it becomes the only thing you want. Its a drug. It has warped and twisted and unnaturally and unflatteringly extended Golems life. Out of the cave Bilbo remarkably meets back with his group and they make their way to the elf village. After a resupply  they make their way to the mountain with the dragon. Fast forwarding they're stuck on the side of the mountain for days with a battle between orcs and men happening at the foot of the mountain. It is here they sneak into the innards of the mountain and steal the gold and slay the dragon.

The everyman has gone on the ultimate adventure. Someone so content in his surroundings has risen to the top and completed the ultimate adventure and done the greatest task known to man, slain a dragon. Thats what I think this book is really about.