[ Daily Tolkien ] A Tolkien Virgin: FOTR - Book 1 - Chapter 5

Tolkien Online ^ | September 18, 2000 | Mark-Edmond

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A Tolkien Virgin: The Fellowship of the Ring - Book 1 - Chapter 5
by Mark-Edmond

The Journey Continues

Chapter 5
A Conspiracy Unmasked

Well Sam Gamgee is more clever than I gave him credit for, and now Pippin and Merry expand our hobbit-party to 4. I like Fatty (Fatty? Maggot? Where in the world is he getting these names!!), but I'm not going to miss him on the adventure, I don't think. He sounds a little too much like...oh what was his name, Bombur, Bofur, Bifur...you know, the fat Dwarf from The Hobbit always slowing things down. Although, I'm also afraid for Fatty. I wouldn't want to stick around and wait for the Black Riders to come.

Which reminds me, I'm still curious about those Black Riders. The one on the Ferry dock was lurking and crawling around like I imagine Gollum. Perhaps if they are mortal men enthralled by the rings of power, the rings twist them into creatures similar to Gollum. But, on the other hand, if they had rings of power they should be more effective. How did they manage to miss the hobbits at the ferry? Did they let them cross, or are they just incompetent?

Ah the mystery. But the biggest mystery right now is Frodo's dream--what could it mean? What is the tower, the light, the thunder? Merely symbolic or actual foresight?

Author: Mark-Edmond
Published on: September 18, 2000

The next Tolkien Virgin article continues with The Fellowship of the Ring - Book 1 - Chapter 6

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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
ARTICLES 71-80	34) The Hobbit - Chapters 15, 16 and 17
81) J.R.R.Tolkien, Catholicism and the Use of Allegory	35) The Hobbit - Chapters 18 and 19
82) Where Have All the Dragons Gone?	36) FOTR - Book 1 - Prologue & Chapter 1
	37) FOTR - Book 1 - Chapter 2
	38) FOTR - Book 1 - Chapter 3
	39) FOTR - Book 1 - Chapter 4
	40) FOTR - Book 1 - Chapter 5

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