Fellowship of the Ring/Summary
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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
Keep it safe, and keep it secret!- Gandalf
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 Gollumn, finding him
- Precious
- Mirkwood elves helped track Gollum
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
Excerpt From: J.R.R. Tolkien. “The Fellowship of the Ring.” Apple Books.
Chapter 3
Three is Company
Chapter 4
A Shortcut to Mushrooms
Chapter 5
A Conspiracy Unmasked
Chapter 6
The Old Forest
Chapter 7
In the House of Tom Bombadil
Chapter 8
Fog on the Barrow-Downs
Chapter 9
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
Chapter 10
Strider
Chapter 11
A Knife in the Dark
Chapter 12
Flight to the Ford
Book 2
Chapter 1
Many Meetings
Chapter 2
The Council of Elrond
Chapter 3
The Ring Goes South
Chapter 4
A Journey in the Dark
Chapter 5
The Bridge of Khazad-Dum
Chapter 6
Lothlorien
Chapter 7
The Mirror of Galadriel
Chapter 8
Farewell to Lorien
Chapter 9
The Great River
Chapter 10
The Breaking of the Fellowship
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