Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the ring

Comments
1. Gandalf has lead the party to the Mines of Moria because they could not go over the mountain. Altough most of the party protested they decide to go in.
2. Gimli was very eager to go in while on their way through Moria they discovered the tomb of the dwarf Balin who was a dear friend of Bilbo and related to Frodo. Then Frodos sword shined blue meaning that Orcs were near. They all quickly blocked the doors. But there was something else coming tha the orcs eve seemed to be afraid of. Aragon lead the party while Gandalf put a spell on the door to seal it. He later joined them they ran he said that something extremely strong broke his spell. At the Bridge of Kasza-dun They found that the enemy stupidly laid a trap on at the wrong area.
3. just when they thought they were safe a huge creature tried to cross the bride and attack them it was a Belrog. Gandalf confronted it and used his magic to shatter the bridge. The Creature fell but not before using his fire whip to bring Gandalf down with him it is there Gandalf fell to his death. The others ran to the Rivers of Mirkwood.
4. There Elves greeted them and took them into their forest. There Lady Galdreial showed Frodo what would happen of he failed. They then resumed their journey down the river on boats.
5. On their finally y stop before the Falls Frodo wandered off to think when Beromier came to talk to him and asked for the ring Frodo refused and Beromier then tired to take the ring when Frodo slipped it on and became invisible and ran for now he knew he must leave to go this journey alone. He was about to shove off when Sam went after him saying he wasn't going to leave without him Frodo agreed and they set off.
Questions
1. Why didn't Gandalf just run with the other sout of the gate?
2. Why did lady Galdreial go evil for a second?
3. What Happened to the Ring Wraiths?
4. What is happening on the front lines well this journey is taking place?
Vocab.
1. Swift. Quick, immediate.
2. Wanderers. Move about place to place with curious attitude
3. Fair. Beautiful, very pretty.
Literature Terms
1. Resolution. This book is over which would have left me sad but i know there is a sequel.
2. Irony. Gandalf The one character that seems invincable is killed.
Final Thought
This book was great I can't wait for the sequel.

Lord of The Rings, The Fellowship of The Ring

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1. Frodo Attende the council of whom cosited Gandalf, Bilbo who Frodo was happy to see, Strider, Golin, Gimli, Legolous, Beromier, Elrond, and some of the high Elves.
2. There Bilbo told the story of how he found the ring, and Gandalf reviled what had happened to him. It turned out when Gandalf went to see sarumon for aid the other wizard reviled he had sided with Saruon and then he tried to hold Gandalf on top of his tower for information about the ring but Gandalf was rescued by one of the great Eagle's.
3.The counsel then Decided they would have to go to Mount doom to Destroy it and Frodo volunteered to take it. They Sent all four Hobbits, Gandalf, Strider, Beromier, Legolous, and Gimli.
4. While on their journey they saw that the path they wanted to take was being watched by Crows who served as spies for the enemies.
5. They then tired to go over a mountain pass but ran into a storm that forced them to go back.
Questions.
1. Why didn't Sarumon just lock Gandalf up?
2. How did Golum know of the attack?
3. WHy not Just combine their armies and attack Mordor?
4.Shy didn't Gandalf Try to kill Sarumon?
Literature Terms
1. Setting. The setting has once again changed to a Dark countryside.
2. Rising action. The story is almost close to the climax.
Final Comment
This stiory has a huge variety of charchters its great.

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1. At the village of Bree Frodo and his companions go to the inn of the Prancing pony. There they meet a man named Mr Butterbur who tells them about a note he received from Gandalf. Which tells him to trust a Ranger named Strider who offers to help. They then find out that Ring Wraiths have been sighted in the village and flee it.
2. Frodo and his companions Are fallowing Strider when they decide to Make camp at a place called Weather top When they see Wraiths in the distance. Strider makes them keep their heads down and gets a fire going because he says the wraiths are afraid of fire.
3. Then At night Pippin and Merry decide to go to bed then they come back saying that they have seen wraiths coming up the tower. They then saw them approaching the camp. Frodo did not know why but he suddenly felt an urge to put the ring on and he did and he saw the wraiths in their true form. They wore helms and were in gray robes. The tallest one wore a crown and took out a knife and stabbed Frodo in the shoulder.
4. They then retreated. Strider The tired to take Frodo to Rivendale with all speed because he had no clue how to treat such a wound. They meet a elf on the way who straps Frodo on a horse and they move out to Rivendale. On the way the wraiths try to attack them again. The elf tells the horse to run and it does over the river and suddenly right when the Wraiths try to pursue over the river it suddenly flooded up and frodo went unconscious.
5. Frodo awoke in the house of Elrond who healed him. Their Gandalf Was waiting for Frodo And told him that their would be a counsel to decide the fate of the ring.
Questions
1. Why didn't the wraiths kill Frodo instead of just injuring him?
2. Why didn't they attack the others?
3. Why is Bilbo living in Rivendale?
4. What happened to Gandalf?
Vocab.
1. earnest. Serious in intention, purpose, or effort.
2. chant. A short, simple melody.
3. hollow. An empty space within anything.
Literature Terms
1. Direct Characterization. The wraiths are described as tall in gray robes.
2. irony. The ring the wraiths are seeking is right in front of them and yet they don't take it.
Final Comment
I love how this Story jumps form place to place so it doesn't just take place in one contained place.

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1. Frodo and his companions are leaving Tom's house.
2. After saying their farewells they go off and soon find themselves in a deep dense fog. The horse's start to get scared and Frodos horse starts running wildly in fright.
3. Frodo then hears some sort of song and realizes that a barrow wight is upon them.
4. Frodo awakes to find him and his companions are tied up and then he sees a long pale arm coming from behind him. He then takes a dagger and hits it the barrow wight it cries in response.
5. Suddenly Tom comes out of nowhere and starts singing a song and the barrow wight flees in fear. Tom frees Frodo and his companions and they head out again Tom stops along the way and tells them he must go back but they should head to the village of Bree.
Questions.
1. What is a Barrow wight?
2. Why did it flee just because of a song?
3. Why go to Bree instead of just going to Rivendale?
4. Why didn't the Bright just kill them?
Vocab.
1. Trembling. To shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear.
2. Flank. The side of anything, as of a building
3. Bade. to express a greeting, farewell, benediction, or wish.
Literature Terms
1.Gothic Novel. The Lord of the Rings has a Gothic fell to it with constant terrors and dark settings.
2. Direct Characterization. The Barrow Wight is descirbed as a dark tall figure.
Final Comment
This Story keep getting Darker and darker as it goes on.

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1. Frodo and his companion's are leaving Frodo's new home.
2. To make sure the that they are not seen by anyone especially the black riders they are going through the old forest. The others are terrified of this place.
3. While on the way through merry tells them how the trees in the forest are alive and will even try to harm them if they are not careful.
4. Suddenly they all feel very tired and they rest under an old willow tree but when they awake they find that the tree id trying to crush Pippin and Merry, And is trying to drown Frodo and Sam. Sam and Frodo get away but they aren't able to free Merry or Pippin. Then Tom comes along and sings a song to the willow tree and Merry and Pippin are freed. Not one of them have any Idea who this Tom is.
5. He Bring them all to his house deep in the Forest and They find he is a very kind cheerful person.
Questions
1. What exactly is Tom?
2. The riders don't even know what Frodo looks like So why are they going to all this bother?
3. Why are the trees so evil?
4. Why Does the Forest listen to Tom?
Vocab.
1. Spirit. The principle of conscious life.
2. Tinder. Small dry easily flammable objects.
3. Forest. A large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
Literature Terms.
1. Setting. A Dark almost Magical and dangerous Forest.
2. Irony. The Place Frodo And his companions seek rest trys to kill them.
Final Comment
This story has some of the best characters I've ever seen in a book.

Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the ring

Comments
1. Frodo, Sam, and Pippin are still on there way to Frodo's new home.
2. On the way There while walking down the road they encounter another black rider. They all quickly hide but the rider starts to sniff crawel torwards were Frodo is hideing then three eleves start coming down the road singing and the rider flees
3. Frodo and his friends talk to them and they are very cheerful. Frodo ask's to join them at first they refuse but then Frodo tells them of thr rider's and the eleves then turn very grim and asks him and his friend's to come with them.
4. The elevs led them to safety and one of the eleves warns frodo never to go near the rider because they are dangerous.
5. Frodo then finally arrives at his new house Where he tells his friends that he will be leaveing them to go to rivendale but they say to him that their going with him.
Questions
1. Who are the eleves?
2. Why do the rides sniff?
3. Why does Frodo leaveing a house he just bought?
4. What was the point of buying it when he's going to just leave it anyway>
Vocab
1. Enemy. Someone or something that is trying to hurt you or beat you in something, a rival.
2. Brew. a certain group of drink that was made in the same pot.
3. Fairy. A small boat that is usually found on lakes or rivers which takes people to the other side.
Literature terms
1&2 dramatic Irony. I'm putting both of mt Lit. terms together because their are two really good examples of dramatic Irony in the story. The first would be when frodo reveals that he is going to rivendall we know this but his friends don't. The second would be when Frodo tells the elves about the rider he knows it serious but they don't and he knows about the rider but they don't. The reader also knows which makes both cases dramatic irony.
Final Comment
It is really comgufseing what the riders are I still don't understand.

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Comments
1. Frodo is now getting ready to leave the shire and move to Brandybuck.
2. He is selling his house and many of his other good possessions to the Sackville Baggin's whom more or less have hated Frodo through out the years.
3. Gandalf has gone off and left frodo to himself again in search of information.
4. Frodo has began his journey away from the shire with his friends Sam and Pippin.
5. On their way to Frodo's new home they hear a rider coming down the rode so they decide to get off only to see a man cloaked in black come down the rode. The rider gets off his horse right were Frodo and his friends are hiding and starts looking and sniffing. Frodo suspects the rider was looking for him.
Questions.
1. Why does Frodo sell Bag end to his own enemies?
2. What information is Gandalf looking for?
3. Why does merry have to go ahead?
4. Why does the Rider hide his Face?
Vocab.
1.cloaked.Something that covers or conceals.
2.plundering.To seize wrongfully or by force.
3.inquisitive.Unduly or inappropriately curious.
literature terms
1.irony. The home that Bilbo never wanted to fall into the Sackville Baggin's hands did.
2.anthropomorphic. you are allowed to read what a fox that see what the hobbits sleeping under a tree is thinking and it is very much like a humans thoughts.

Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the ring

Comments
1.Gandalf told Frodo more about the rings of power but then he did his test took Frodo's ring and threw it into the fireplace.
2.Gandalf asked Frodo if he saw any writing on the ring and Frodo answered yes.
3.Gandalf then told Frodo how no mortal can resist the ring s of power and told Fodo that the writing proved that this ring was forged by Saron.
4.Gandalf then described how that Saron was the dark lord of Mordor and how he nearly took over all of Middle earth. But eleves and men came together and took the ring from him.
5.The Ring was then taken by Isildur. Who then was betrayed by the ring and killed. It then fell into Golem's hands who murdered his best friend to get it. Then Bilbo and Frodo.
Questions
1.Why is this done now instead of it being in the mines like in the movie?
2.Who is Aragorn?
3.Did Sam hear them from the garden?
4.What are they going to do now?
Vocab
1.Bind.To wrap or constrain around something.
2.Pale.Very light or white.
3.Track.To fallow something by clues left behind.
Litature terms
1.Irony. The ring Isildur expected to protect him killed him.
2.Metaphor. You can;t really bring rings into the darkness and bind them.
Final comment
This story is really getting interesting it's so weird hoe it can start with a birthday party but then turn into a deadly story.