12/16/2012
The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Tolkien
Pages 140-151
This section begins when Bilbo and the dwarves plunge
into the mysterious forest of Mirkwood. A
soon as they enter the forest they get a gloomy feeling about it. They grew to hate the forest more than
anything on their adventure this far.
They soon came about a river, which they were warned not to touch or
drink from, and crossed it using a boat that was there. However, the fattest of the dwarves, named
Bombur, fell in and ended up in a deep sleep when he got pulled out of the
water. They had to go on and carry Bombur, making seemingly no progress. When Bombur finally woke up, he wept over
there not being any more food, when suddenly, one dwarf saw something shining in
the woods.
“His heart, that had been lightened by the sight of the
sun and the feel of the wind, sank into his toes; there was no food to go back
down below.” This quote that Bilbo says
when he is up in the tree gives us a feel of worry for the dwarves. They are lost, without food, and are unable to
find any way out of the forest. Bilbo, who
was not so enthusiastic to go on this adventure, was able to find a shred of
joy in being atop a tree and feeling the breeze. They are lost in a forest, and have hardly
any hope.
In this section, the dwarves send Bilbo up a tree so that
he can see what is all around their position.
He is not too ecstatic about having to climb this tree. I can relate to that because I am afraid of
heights. I can go up Eagle Tower in
Peninsula State Park, but that’s pretty much it. I can never get up to high on
a climbing wall. Every time I try, I
just freeze once I get to a certain point.
Bilbo is a braver man than I, because he was actually able to climb that
tree, and I would never be able to.
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