Beginning of Essay
I have finished reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. I found it an okay book but I will get into that later. First I will give a summary of what happened since my last letter. The end of the group's journey is almost over. They have ventured to Smaug's mountain ....

Middle of Essay
.... valuable than all of the treasure put together, especially to Thorin and the dwarves. Sleeping on this colossal treasure is the terrifying dragon, Smaug. Smaug is known across the world because of his cruelty. He destroys villages and steals their gold even though he can never use any of it. Bilbo is terrified of Smaug so he takes a handful of treasure and runs away back into the tunnel. Once he reaches the camp he falls down because he is so tired. Everyone is amazed by the treaseure and they all go to sleep dreaming of what other treasures are in the mountain. During the night Smaug wakes up and finds out that a handful of treasure has gone miss ....