The hobbits in the film look and behave like children, albeit in adult clothing.
The hobbits are particularly weak.
Wales has the hobbit of 168 lbs.
Title page shows outline of the same bowing hobbit as on the cover.
The similarities between the races of snergs and hobbits have led to speculation that the book was a major inspiration.
Hobbits are considered to come of age on their 33rd birthday, so a 50-year-old hobbit would be regarded as entering middle-age.
The hobbit's mixed use as a unit of both volume and of weight complicated the issue, as laws applied to the two cases differently.
