(I'm doing something new here where I bold and italicize Tolkien's words to draw more emphasis to them. Let me know if it helps or if I should do it differently)In this chapter, Frodo and company set out across the foreboding Barrow-downs and are, of course, snatched by the wights into danger.When Frodo comes to … Continue reading Chapter 8: Fog on the Barrow-Downs
Chapter 7: In the House of the Tom Bombadil Part 2
In the last post, I wrote about what I thought Tom Bombadil was and as importantly, what he is not.This post will focus more on the events of the chapter and how Bombadil is actively affecting the narrative.Bombadil and the RingFirst, as we've discussed in the last post, Tom does not have much interest in … Continue reading Chapter 7: In the House of the Tom Bombadil Part 2
Chapter 4: Shortcut to Mushrooms
Chapter 4 is a quick read of a chapter, nestled in between the refreshing evening with the Elves and before Frodo and company makes it to Buckleberry Ferry and their "freedom". This is a bit shorter of a post and I wanted to introduce an important theme of the entire series that makes an early … Continue reading Chapter 4: Shortcut to Mushrooms
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