At the beginning of The Hobbit, we find Bilbo in his peaceful life as a Hobbit, completely content to stay in the Shire and ignore everything outside of it. When Gandalf shows up, he is very polite and hospitable, but also very insistent that he was not adventurous and would not be participating in anything like that; and when the Dwarves arrived, he accommodated all of them, even if he was flustered and annoyed...
At the beginning of The Hobbit, we find Bilbo in his peaceful life as a Hobbit, completely content to stay in the Shire and ignore everything outside of it. When Gandalf shows up, he is very polite and hospitable, but also very insistent that he was not adventurous and would not be participating in anything like that; and when the Dwarves arrived, he accommodated all of them, even if he was flustered and annoyed about it. He denies his Took ancestors, claiming that he was only a Baggins of Bag-end.
But by the end of The Hobbit, he has become far more adventurous. His quiet life had been turned upside down and he was more confident in his own life. He loved traveling, loved his companions, and he also learned to appreciate the Shire more as well. In the end, he completely accepted that he was an adventurous Took in addition to a Baggins.
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