The Hobbit

I love the book, but you have overlooked something important that few people pick up on. It isn’t a story about heros and villains exactly, it’s a heist through and through.

 The hobbit is employed as a burglar, and he is very good at it. The dwarves are going to the lonely mountain, but not to defeat a villain. They are going to steal back a massive pile of treasure. The battle at the end happens because all the different races are running to steal a share of said