Theme and Authors Purpose

Theme

The theme found in The Hobbit would be over Bilbos heroism and that nobody believed that he was worth anything. Throughout the entire book the dwarfs continuously mention that Bilbo is no burglar and he isn't fit to be with them. They say that Bilbo only slows them down and causes more problems then he solves. But in the end Bilbo proves himself worthy when he steals the golden cup and also makes peace among the humans, elves, and dwarfs. At the end of the story Biblo found himself and who he was and didn't care what the other Hobbits thought of him. 

Ex:

"He has been more trouble than use so far" said one. (The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, pg 92)
"He was in fact held by all the hobbits of the nieghborhood to be "queer"- except by his nephews and nieces on the Took side, but even they were not encouraged in their friendship by their elders.I am sorry to say he did not mind. He was quite content;" (The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, pg 304)

Authors Purpose

Tolkien wrote "The Hobbit" in order to encourage readers to be who they want to be and do what they want to to do instead of base their actions on what other people will think of you. In Tolkiens youth he had began creating his own language, which would later be a language used in middle earth. Tolkien wrote "The Hobbit" in order to make use of a collection of stories called "The Silmarillion" .