Question: is bilbo baggins a hobbit?
Answer: The Hobbit. In The Hobbit, the protagonist Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit in comfortable middle age, is hired as a "burglar", despite his initial objections, by the wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves led by their king in exile, Thorin Oakenshield. ... He steals a golden cup and takes it back to the Dwarves.