11/3/12
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Pages 64-77
In
this section, Bilbo awakens alone from unconsciousness in the dark. He feels a ring on the ground and without
thinking slips it in his pocket. Not,
knowing what to do, he moves through a river to try and find his way out. He soon meets a small humanlike creature named
Gollum who intends to murder and eat Bilbo.
He gives Bilbo a chance to save himself through a game of riddles. They exchange riddles and answers, and Bilbo
ends up winning. Gollum decides to use
his magic ring to turn in visible and sneak up on Bilbo. When he can’t find the ring, he blames Bilbo
and chases after him. Bilbo puts the
ring that he has in his pocket on his finger, and turns invisible, disappearing
from Gollum.
“He
guessed as well as he could, and crawled along for a good way, till suddenly
his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the
tunnel. It was a turning point in his
career, but he did not know it. He put
the ring in his pocket almost without thinking; certainly it did not seem of
any particular use at the moment.” This
is an important part in the book, because for anyone who knows anything about The
Lord of the Rings series could guess that this is the special ring that
will turn you invisible. It starts a major part in the story that becomes vital
to Bilbo’s own story.
During
Bilbo’s riddle contest with Gollum, Bilbo is unable to think of a riddle and
hesitates to put out a riddle. Gollum
starts to pressure him and backs him into a corner, and Bilbo continues to get
more and more nervous. I kind of know
what that’s like because one many years ago time I was in a room with an old
dog. It began to back me into a corner
and I got really nervous. The dog
started barking and I screamed. My dad
came in and backed the dog away from me.
It’s really a scary experience to be backed into a wall by something
that seems to be threatening you.
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