Fantastic Creatures

          So far, reading The Hobbit, there have been a lot of fantastical creatures in the story. Pretty much all of them are variations of real-life things. Hobbits and dwarves are small humans while trolls and giants are huge ones. Elves are extra good versions of humans while Goblins are extra-evil ones.There are also much larger and more intelligent versions of spiders, eagles and wolves. This is pretty much similar to every other fantasy story. Take Eragon, for example (the most generic fantasy I could think of). It's got elves, dwarves, and altered  animals. The personalities of the creatures are pretty much the same too. In both, the elves represent perfection, while the dwarves are grouchy and like underground places. The animals are always evil or at best (eagles) neutral.

          Harry Potter is another really popular example, but there's a lot more straying from stereotypes in Harry Potter than in Eragon. The elves in particular are just bout the opposite of what they're usually portrayed as. And the goblins aren't inherently evil, though they certainly aren't good either, and they take the place of dwarves as the master smiths of the harry potter world. Other things are still the same, though- there are still giant spiders and stuff like that.

        In general, though, fantastic creatures are pretty much the same whatever story you read. I can't think of any good closing statements right now, so I'll just stop writing and leave this post at an abrupt and awkward ending.