The Hobbit: A Children's Book and More

The Hobbit is truly a children's book and yet is desirable to adults as well, for a truly unique adult still carries that child with them, that inner child that makes adult life so much more fun and far less drab too. The Hobbit is different than The Lord of the Rings because The Hobbit is a 'lesser' adventure rather than a 'greater' adventure. What I mean when I say 'greater' adventure compared to a 'lesser' adventure, I mean it in the way that a 'lesser' adventure can relate to a younger audience and usually has one plot line so that it does not lose the younger audience in the complexity of multi-plot adventures that I call a "greater' adventure. Children and young adults like adventures that they can relate to and have fun with. That is why The Hobbit to me is an adventure that kids can relate to and fantasize and dream about. That is why The Hobbit is written in a way that the characters in the novel interact with each other and follow a system of "playing by the rules". For at an early age, children are taught to play by the rules, follow the rules, that games have rules and that life has rules to be followed. Rules are set for children to know what the line is from right and wrong and how rules will help them become a better adult as they grow older. Rules are set for children. So, it would seem that was what J.R.R. Tolkien had in mind when he wrote The Hobbit and his children were the audience and the book would for other children around the world as well.