These notes were originally written by Erik Tracy, transcribed to MS Word by Erik Tracy, and HTMLized by Scott Powers. Hobbits have no part in Fisrt and Second Age.
Main character starts high and ends low.
BUT, there is more to Hobbits than meets the eye. HObbits don't have vices, rather follies. The Hobbit is a tale of coming of age. Tolkien explains Sauron was looking south and not North. This is later explained as entering the Shadow World of Sauron.