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Journal Article
Acquisitive Imitation and the Gift-Economy: Escaping Reciprocity in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit
2017
Overview
Hren examines the origins of Bilbo Baggins' desire to burgle and his reason for becoming a thief in the film series The Hobbit. In order to examine this, it is first necessary to determine whether dwarves themselves are primarily motivated by reciprocity or something else entirely. In \"The Ambivalence of Scarcity,\" Paul Dumouchel develops a Girardian critique of modern economics and contends that desire precedes the object of desire. However, Bilbo's initial hesitance concerning the dwarves' arrival and aims give way when Thorin strikes up music that is \"so sudden and so sweet that Bilbo forgot everything else, and was swept away into dark lands under strange moons\". In To Double Business Bound, Rene Girard argues that \"desire chooses its objects through the mediation of a model, which designates the desirable while at the same time desiring it. In the beginning, Bilbo had no desire to depart from Bag End, let alone to obtain the \"pale enchanted gold.\"
