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* Gollumn growing to hate the dark, hate the light, hate the ring | * Gollumn growing to hate the dark, hate the light, hate the ring | ||
* Ring of power looks after itself | * Ring of power looks after itself | ||
* Gandalf reveals he has talked with | * Gandalf reveals he has talked with Gollum, finding him | ||
* Precious | * Precious | ||
* Mirkwood elves helped track Gollum | * Mirkwood elves helped track Gollum | ||
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Three is Company | Three is Company | ||
* Gandalf encourages Frodo to leave Bag End and leave the Shire | |||
* Frodo reluctant to leave, but makes his mind up to leave on his 50th birthday (17 years after Bilbo's 111th birthday) | |||
* Gandalf recommends Frodo go to Rivendell | |||
* Frodo sells Bag End to the Sackville-Bagginses | |||
* Gandalf stays in the Shire for two months (May and June) | |||
* Gandalf then leaves to get news | |||
* He promises to come back for the farewell birthday party | |||
* Frodo does not hear from Gandalf | |||
* Merry and Fatty go to the house in Crickhollow | |||
* Stranger (dark rider) talking to Gaffer (Sam's father) | |||
* Frodo, Pippin, and Sam leave Bag End | |||
* After lunch, a black rider comes along the road | |||
* Sniffs around | |||
* Frodo has desire to use ring | |||
* Black rider leaves | |||
* They continue on | |||
* As they are preparing to sleep for the night, another Black Rider comes along the road | |||
* Gets off horse, begins crawling toward them | |||
* Distracted by Elves (in the Woody End, from beyond the Tower Hills) | |||
* Gildor Inglorion (House of Finrod) | |||
* Hobbits mention black riders, Elves escort them | |||
* March to woods on the hills above Woodhall* Sam sleeps curled up at Frodo's feet | |||
* Frodo and Gildor have one on one time, talking about goings on outside the Shire | |||
* Gildor knows Frodo is leaving the Shire, and is pursued by the Enemy | |||
* Gildor learns that Gandalf has told Frodo nothing about the Black Riders, so he doesn't tell Frodo anything either | |||
Quotes: [[Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 3]] | Quotes: [[Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 3]] | ||
Revision as of 05:30, 30 April 2020
Summary
Book 1
Chapter 1
A Long-Expected Party
- Shire
- Bilbo's 111th birthday party
- Gandalf arrives
- Party preparations
- Bilbo says farewell
- Gandalf meets Bilbo back at Bag End
- Discussion about Bilbo's plans
- Bilbo tries to leave with the ring
- Bilbo departs
- Frodo arrives
- Gandalf doesn't say much about the ring
- People coming to get things from Bag End
- Gandalf and Frodo have a discussion in the evening
- True story of how Bilbo obtained the ring
- Gandalf begins to wonder about the ring
- Tells Frodo not to use it
- Gandalf departs, Frodo does not see him again for a long time
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 1
Chapter 2
The Shadow of the Past
- Shire
- This chapter covers a lot of time between the birthday party and the beginning of Frodo's quest
- Rumors of strange things, strangers passing through the Shire, elves going west
- Gandalf does not appear for several years
- Sam introduced as Frodo's gardner
- Gandalf first appears 3 years after the birthday party
- Shows up frequently for 1-2 years
- Disappears for nine years
- Gandalf appears one day
- Gandalf tells Frodo about the rings of power
- Mortals do not die/do not grow/merely continues
- The ring will change shape/size
- Gandalf recounts the White Council discussing how to drive Sauron from Mirkwood (just before the Battle of Five Armies)
- Bilbo lying about the ring to claim it (parallels Smeagol behavior)
- Gandalf raises prospect of Sauron invading the Shire
- Ring is thrown into the fire, ancient Elvish characters but language of Mordor
- Gandalf reveals that it is the One Ring
- Sauron discovered the ring was not lost, gathering strength in Mordor, looking for the ring
- Some history on the ring
- Isildur (Elendil's son) cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand
- Sauron retreated, eventually fled to Mirkwood
- Isildur attacked by Orcs, ring fell into the Great River
- Deagol/Smeagol story
- Smeagol wanders, begins obsessing, stealing, takes name Gollum
- Retreated into the Misty Mountains, Sauron knew nothing of the ring
- Similarities between river folk (Smeagol) and hobbits (love of riddles)
- Gollumn growing to hate the dark, hate the light, hate the ring
- Ring of power looks after itself
- Gandalf reveals he has talked with Gollum, finding him
- Precious
- Mirkwood elves helped track Gollum
Chapter 3
Three is Company
- Gandalf encourages Frodo to leave Bag End and leave the Shire
- Frodo reluctant to leave, but makes his mind up to leave on his 50th birthday (17 years after Bilbo's 111th birthday)
- Gandalf recommends Frodo go to Rivendell
- Frodo sells Bag End to the Sackville-Bagginses
- Gandalf stays in the Shire for two months (May and June)
- Gandalf then leaves to get news
- He promises to come back for the farewell birthday party
- Frodo does not hear from Gandalf
- Merry and Fatty go to the house in Crickhollow
- Stranger (dark rider) talking to Gaffer (Sam's father)
- Frodo, Pippin, and Sam leave Bag End
- After lunch, a black rider comes along the road
- Sniffs around
- Frodo has desire to use ring
- Black rider leaves
- They continue on
- As they are preparing to sleep for the night, another Black Rider comes along the road
- Gets off horse, begins crawling toward them
- Distracted by Elves (in the Woody End, from beyond the Tower Hills)
- Gildor Inglorion (House of Finrod)
- Hobbits mention black riders, Elves escort them
- March to woods on the hills above Woodhall* Sam sleeps curled up at Frodo's feet
- Frodo and Gildor have one on one time, talking about goings on outside the Shire
- Gildor knows Frodo is leaving the Shire, and is pursued by the Enemy
- Gildor learns that Gandalf has told Frodo nothing about the Black Riders, so he doesn't tell Frodo anything either
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 3
Chapter 4
A Shortcut to Mushrooms
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 4
Chapter 5
A Conspiracy Unmasked
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 5
Chapter 6
The Old Forest
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 6
Chapter 7
In the House of Tom Bombadil
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Fog on the Barrow-Downs
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 8
Chapter 9
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Strider
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 10
Chapter 11
A Knife in the Dark
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Flight to the Ford
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 12
Book 2
Chapter 1
Many Meetings
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 1 2
Chapter 2
The Council of Elrond
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 2 2
Chapter 3
The Ring Goes South
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 3 2
Chapter 4
A Journey in the Dark
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 4 2
Chapter 5
The Bridge of Khazad-Dum
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 5 2
Chapter 6
Lothlorien
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 6 2
Chapter 7
The Mirror of Galadriel
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 7 2
Chapter 8
Farewell to Lorien
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 8 2
Chapter 9
The Great River
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 9 2
Chapter 10
The Breaking of the Fellowship
Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 10 2
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