“There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
This quote sums up two of the most important themes of the book. One is that Bilbo, the hobbit, has much much more to him than meets the eye. Hobbits are small beings, and throughout the novel, Bilbo has surpassed the expectations of the dwarfs, Gandalf, and even himself. He played such a large role in events and situations that were much bigger than him.
The other theme that this quote refers is the power of treasure. The whole journey was made in the place in order to recover the treasure from the dragon, and conflict surrounded the treasure later between elves, humans, dwarfs, goblins, and Wargs. Every faction in the novel was after riches, for many different reasons.
This seems like a main theme in the book. The journey throughout the book is about the treasures they will find.
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