The novels The Hobbit and The Last Olympian obviously have many similarities and differences. The novels feature many of the same characters, but also have different plots. In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins ends up embarking on an adventure that will change his life. He had never done anything exciting before that day, but he decided to go with the dwarves. He then fought things he didn't even know existed, like trolls. The climax of the story was when the dwarves, giant eagles and elves defeated the goblins and wargs. This adventure changed Bilbo because he will never look at life the same way again. In The Last Olympian, Percy Jackson must fight the evil Titan's army while the Greek gods battle a massive monster taller than the Empire State Building. Percy and his fellow half-bloods (half god, half human) had been preparing for this day for quite a while because they knew it would happen eventually and it wouldn't be an easy war to win. The Half-Bloods faced a serious problem throughout the novel. At the climax of the novel, the Titan army was just meters from the Empire State Building (where Olympus was located). The Half-Bloods were almost out of energy when the centaurs came to save the day. They held them back and the next day, the Half-Bloods were able to defeat the army. Percy and his friends defeated the Titan army together, which is one of the themes; friendship. The novels have differences like the plot and reasons for fights and similarities between them like the theme of friendship, and The Hobbit and This Last Olympian are no different. The Hobbit and The Last Olympian are similar in many ways. In The Hobbit, Bilbo needs his friends to help him complete his adventure. Without them, he could never...... middle of paper ... stand in front of her and tell Kronos to back off. An example in The Hobbit is when Bilbo states that he will not abandon his friends. Without this statement, the dwarves would never know if they could truly trust him. The differences across the novels are when Bilbo goes on an adventure without his knowledge while Percy had been planning for months what he was going to do to win the war. The novels are similar in some ways, but also differ from each other, which creates a great balance. The Hobbit and The Last Olympian are two similar but different works of literature that bring out the best in them when read together. Works Cited Riordan, Rick. The last Olympian. New York: Disney Hyperion, 2009. Print. Tolkien, JRR The Hobbit. Unidentified place of publication: HarperCollins, 1996. Printed.