Bilbo and the Ring (Gollum's Preciousss)

frodolives21 · 11-13-2009, 02:46 PM

Hi!!
i'm reading the hobbit for my literature class. i just finished the part where bilbo uses Gollum's preciousss( the ring) to escape and then surprises the dwarves. one of my favorite parts!!!!

please, tell me what your favorite part of the hobbit is!!

frodolives21

Midge · 11-13-2009, 03:09 PM

My guess is that this probably belongs in the "The Hobbit" thread.. forum.. thingy. But I'll answer it here.

I always like reading about the respites. My favorite one is when Gandalf is telling Beorn this long story to get him to be okay with so many dwarves at his door. It's kind of funny because that's what Gandalf does to Bilbo at the very beginning also! One or two dwarves at a time.. nice and easy does the trick.

***Earniel*** · 11-13-2009, 04:27 PM

Moved to the Hobbit-forum.

Welcome to the Entmoot, frodolives21.

barrelrider110 · 12-23-2009, 10:59 AM

I like the dialogue of the Trolls - Bert, Tom and Bill (William) Huggins.
"What's a bur- a- hobbit?"
It still makes me laugh out loud!

***VarnafindÃ«*** · 12-23-2009, 05:58 PM

Yes, there are some really funny scenes in there!

A beautiful - and very sad - scene is the one where Bilbo says goodbye to Thorin Oakenshield when he's dying. Thorin takes back all harsh words and wants them to part in peace. I find it very moving.

Mark of Cenla · 01-05-2010, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by VarnafindÃ«

Yes, there are some really funny scenes in there!

A beautiful - and very sad - scene is the one where Bilbo says goodbye to Thorin Oakenshield when he's dying. Thorin takes back all harsh words and wants them to part in peace. I find it very moving.

I concur!

barrelrider110 · 01-13-2010, 10:10 PM

Welcome, Mark of Cenla
Elen sÃ*la lÃºmenn' omentielvo

I also like one of the very last lines of the book on a number of levels...

Gandalf: "You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!"

***Alcuin*** · 01-14-2010, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by barrelrider110

Welcome, Mark of Cenla
Elen sÃ*la lÃºmenn' omentielvo

I also like one of the very last lines of the book on a number of levels...

Gandalf: "You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!"

Compare that to an incident Tolkien recounted in Letter 328 to a young woman who wrote him in the summer of 1971.

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A few years ago I was visited in Oxford by a man whose name I have forgotten... He had been much struck by the curious way in which many old pictures seemed to him to have been designed to illustrate The Lord of the Rings long before its time. â€¦ When it became obvious that, unless I was a liar, I had never seen the pictures before â€¦, he fell silent. Suddenly he said, â€œOf course you donâ€™t suppose, do you, that you wrote all that book yourself?â€

Pure Gandalf! I was too well acquainted with G. to expose myself rashly, or to ask what he meant. I think I said: â€œNo, I donâ€™t suppose so any longer.â€ I have never since been able to suppose so. â€¦ But not one that should puff any one up who considers the imperfections of â€œchosen instrumentsâ€, and indeed what sometimes seems their lamentable unfitness for the purpose.

AndMorgothCame. · 02-11-2010, 03:20 AM

The steady dialogue between Smaug and Bilbo is a classic in all of literature, for me, and also the famous chapter, Riddles in the Dark, is fantastic.

Tolkien has a Hitchcockian way of building suspense and intensity while staying so subtle!

Torongil · 07-11-2010, 09:47 PM

I love the troll scene!

AndMorgothCame. · 07-16-2017, 01:48 PM

i like turtles

11-13-2009, 02:46 PM	#1
frodolives21 Sapling Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	Bilbo and the Ring (Gollum's Preciousss) Hi!! i'm reading the hobbit for my literature class. i just finished the part where bilbo uses Gollum's preciousss( the ring) to escape and then surprises the dwarves. one of my favorite parts!!!! please, tell me what your favorite part of the hobbit is!! frodolives21

11-13-2009, 03:09 PM	#2
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	My guess is that this probably belongs in the "The Hobbit" thread.. forum.. thingy. But I'll answer it here. I always like reading about the respites. My favorite one is when Gandalf is telling Beorn this long story to get him to be okay with so many dwarves at his door. It's kind of funny because that's what Gandalf does to Bilbo at the very beginning also! One or two dwarves at a time.. nice and easy does the trick. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

11-13-2009, 04:27 PM	#3
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Moved to the Hobbit-forum. Welcome to the Entmoot, frodolives21. __________________ We are not things.

12-23-2009, 10:59 AM	#4
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	I like the dialogue of the Trolls - Bert, Tom and Bill (William) Huggins. "What's a bur- a- hobbit?" It still makes me laugh out loud! __________________ â€œ"I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider," Fear Complacency! ___________________ Something under the bed is drooling

12-23-2009, 05:58 PM	#5
*VarnafindÃ«* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	Yes, there are some really funny scenes in there! A beautiful - and very sad - scene is the one where Bilbo says goodbye to Thorin Oakenshield when he's dying. Thorin takes back all harsh words and wants them to part in peace. I find it very moving. __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

01-13-2010, 10:10 PM	#7
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	Welcome, Mark of Cenla Elen sÃla lÃºmenn' omentielvo* I also like one of the very last lines of the book on a number of levels... Gandalf: "You don't really suppose, do you, that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck, just for your sole benefit? You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!" __________________ â€œ"I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider," Fear Complacency! ___________________ Something under the bed is drooling

02-11-2010, 03:20 AM	#9
AndMorgothCame. Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 40	The steady dialogue between Smaug and Bilbo is a classic in all of literature, for me, and also the famous chapter, Riddles in the Dark, is fantastic. Tolkien has a Hitchcockian way of building suspense and intensity while staying so subtle! __________________ Thus he came alone to Angband's gates. . . and challenged Morgoth to come forth to single combat.

07-11-2010, 09:47 PM	#10
Torongil Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 23	I love the troll scene!

07-16-2017, 01:48 PM	#11
AndMorgothCame. Hobbit Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 40	i like turtles __________________ Thus he came alone to Angband's gates. . . and challenged Morgoth to come forth to single combat.