Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the ring

1. Frodo is dealing with many relatives seeking inheritance ever since Bilbo left.
2. Gandalf left very soon after Bilbo did and didn't come back for 3 years. He then left and Frodo has not seen him for 9 years.
3. Ever since Frodo got the ring he does not seem to get old and people are starting to notice.
4. Gandalf has returned and tell Frodo he suspects that the ring he got from Bilbo is one of the rings of power.
5. Gandalf says there is one more thing he can do before he is sure of this horrible news.
Questions
1. Why are the Elves leaving middle earth?
2. Why does the ring matter so much?
3. If this ring is so powerful why did Bilbo find it in the mountains?
4. What is this thing Gandalf can do?
Vocab
1.packet. A small group or package of anything.
2.tendency. A natural or prevailing disposition.
3.rumour. A story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty.
Literature terms
1. anthropomorphic. People suggest that the forest of Mirkwood is evil.
2. Irony. The ring that Bilbo left as a gift turned out as maybe being a evil ring of power.
Final Comment.
This book is really starting to get interesting.and the plot is coming into frame.

Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the ring

1. The story starts off years after the events in the Hobbit. In the neighborhood of habitation.
2. Bilbo is getting ready for his 111 birthday. He has invited all his friends family and even some of his enemies.
3. His dearest friend Gandalf has also come to the party. He is the only one who knows that Bilbo is leaving after the party.
4. Bilbo being the trickster that he is uses his magic ring that he found all those years ago in the mountains to turn invisible and makes his get away. Gandalf notices that Bilbo used the ring and grows very weary and scared for some reason.
5. Bilbo leaves the ring and all of his other possessions for Frodo, Bilbos nephew and heir.
Questions
1. Why Does Gandalf get scared of the ring?
2. Why did Bilbo invite his enemies?
3. Why doesn't the story actually tell how Bilbo leaves?
4. Why aren't any other of Bilbo's friend's from the hobbit present?
Vocab
1.spouted. To gush forth in a rapid stream or in spurts.
2.badger. To harass or urge persistently.
3.heir. A person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the letter's death.
Literature Terms
1. Dramatic Irony. The reader knows that something is going to happen at the birthday party but no else but Bilbo does.
2. setting. the setting of the story is in the shire at the moment.
Summary
The book is very interesting right now but it is sort of boring at the same time.