Richard H. Tyre's article "You Can't Teach Tolkien,"

  Read Richard H. Tyre's article "You Can't Teach Tolkien," which you can find in the Permanent Documents and Web Links section, and apply his observations about the hero's journey to maturity in The Hobbit. Identify the hero and trace his/her journey through the novel. Explain thoroughly, using direct textual evidence (quotes from the book), the SIX steps discussed by Tyre. Examine how the novel fits the steps literally and/or figuratively