10/25/2012
The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Tolkien
Pages 55-63
In this section, our group of adventurers embark on a
journey through a mountain. Soon after
they enter a cave to escape the weather, they are abducted by goblins. They try and fight back, but it’s no use and
they are all brought to the Great Goblin.
The Great Goblin interrogates the dwarves (and Bilbo), but won’t believe
that they aren’t spies. Just before the
Great Goblin has them killed, Gandalf bursts in, kills some of the goblins, and
releases our adventurers. In the flurry
of they fight, Bilbo sees someone kill the Great Goblin. Bilbo jumps on one of the dwarf’s back and
they all follow Gandalf. In all the
commotion, the dwarf drops Bilbo down a hole and he loses consciousness.
“Now, goblins are cruel, wicked, and bad-hearted. They make no beautiful things, but they make
many clever ones. They can tunnel and
mine as well as any but the most skilled dwarves, when they take the trouble,
though they are usually untidy and dirty.” This excellent description of the
goblins gives us a great idea of what they are like. It gives us a feel for the goblins’ attitude
and how they might treat our adventurers when they are confronted by the Great
Goblin. It makes us worry for all of our
characters and wonder if they will all get out alive.
In this section, I can relate to the needing to find
shelter from the weather. One time I was
stuck outside when it suddenly started raining. It is not something that you
want to happen, especially when it’s a flash storm. It comes in without warning and is really
quite freaky. You get a feeling of
helplessness, and it you get scared, especially in my case where I was out on
my boat. We were able to get in quickly and got lucky because right after we
got in, every other boat began to follow.
This experience helped me to understand how the dwarves felt getting
caught in the storm.
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