[ Daily Tolkien ] A Tolkien Virgin: FOTR - Book 1 - Chapter 3

Tolkien Online ^ | August 30, 2000 | Mark-Edmond

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A Tolkien Virgin: The Fellowship of the Ring - Book 1 - Chapter 3
by Mark-Edmond

The Journey Continues

Chapter 3
Three is Company

Not so fast!

I guess the obvious adventure to the Cracks of Doom will have to wait since Frodo is "not ready for that long road yet." But to stay in the Shire for months after deciding to leave, all the while knowing that some immense evil is looking for him, seems completely mad!!! I want to scream, "flee! flee!"

Another annoyance of course, is that the Sackville-Bagginses finally got their filthy mitts on Bag End; although a minor annoyance by comparison.

So did anyone else find the whole fox thing a bit strange? If someone is writing down the story as "history" at some later date, how do they know what the fox was thinking? I appreciate filler as much as the next guy, but it just doen't make sense.

And as you all know how knit-picky I am, you'll forgive me as I go on. The elves in both the Hobbit, and now in the Fellowship of the Ring seem far far less noble and grand than those of the silmarillion. So, the use, or over-use, of superlatives and hyperboles to describe the elves that the hobbits ran into on the road and the food they shared with them was irritating: "surpassing the savour of a fair white loaf to one who is starving"? oh please! give me a frickin break, it was the best bread they've ever eaten, get on with it. I get sick of Tolkien reminding us that the elves are so much fairer and wonderful than we could possibly imagine in our wildest dreams...it's downright insulting.

Author: Mark-Edmond
Published on: August 30, 2000

The next Tolkien Virgin article continues with The Fellowship of the Ring - Book 1 - Chapter 4

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The Daily Tolkien articles by various authors	The Tolkien Virgin articles by Mark-Edmond
ARTICLES 01-10	ARTICLES 01-10
ARTICLES 11-20	ARTICLES 11-20
ARTICLES 21-30	ARTICLES 21-30
ARTICLES 31-40	31) The Hobbit - Chapter 8
ARTICLES 41-50	32) The Hobbit - Chapters 9 and 10
ARTICLES 51-60	32) The Hobbit - Chapters 11 and 12
ARTICLES 61-70	33) The Hobbit - Chapters 13 and 14
71) The Division of Arnor	34) The Hobbit - Chapters 15, 16 and 17
72) Have you been to Valinor lately?	35) The Hobbit - Chapters 18 and 19
73) Charting the Shire lines	36) FOTR - Book 1 - Prologue & Chapter 1
74) The Quests of Middle-earth	37) FOTR - Book 1 - Chapter 2
75) The wars of the Glorfindels	38) FOTR - Book 1 - Chapter 3
76) Harondor ~The Strategic Role of South Gondor~
77) Does Barliman have a beard? And...
78) The History of Middle Earth
79) Moving sale: magic rings and other trinkets half off

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I read ahead one day to see how well this guy discussed the story...... He has an interesting take on it, but a fairly shallow one. I guess that is to be expected the first time through.