The Hobbit Book Log #2

10/11/12

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Pages 27-42

                This chapter has Bilbo and the group of dwarves setting out on their adventure.  While on their adventure, the horses get spooked and run into a lake.  By the time the group of adventurers get the horses out of the water, they have lost most of their food.  When night begins to fall, they see a faint light in the distance.  They send Bilbo in to investigate, and he discovers that it is a group of trolls.  While trying to steal from one of the trolls, Bilbo is discovered and is grabbed by the neck.  The trolls begin arguing over who gets to eat Bilbo and then drops him on the ground while they argue.  The trolls stop arguing when they hear the dwarves looking for Bilbo, and then they hide and wait for them to come into the light of their fire so they can capture them in a sack.  The trolls successfully capture most of the dwarves, when Gandalf, the wizard, starts throwing his voice to confuse the trolls and starts another argument.  They argue until the light comes up and turn into stone.  The group is freed and then they find the troll’s home and take some food and weapons from it.

                “I had not gone very far when I met a couple of friends of mine from Rivendell….You will get there in a few days now, if we’re lucky, and find out all about it.” This quote is important because we learn more about Gandalf.  We learn that he has traveled around quite a bit, and has connections in many places.  As I read on I’m sure that I will find out more about Gandalf and the depth of his character.  Aside from being a powerful and wise wizard he is also quite old.  At one point he refers to a hundred years as if it is nothing.  

                At the beginning of this chapter, Bilbo sleeps in later than he meant to.  Because of this, Mr. Baggins misses something important that happened.  I can connect to this because I’ve also slept in too late before.  In the morning I slept in too late once and I was late to school because of this. Luckily, I haven’t slept in too late to the point where I was late for my job on the weekends.  For Bilbo, however, he was still right on time when he got to where he needed to go, so he must be luckier than me.