The Hobbit: Ch.3-4 Summary/Review

Summary

Glamdring

Chapter 3

The dwarves, Gandalf, and Bilbo begins traveling into the Misty Mountains. The journey is rough,
but they eventually found a place to rest in Rivendall. In Rivendall, a elf name Elrond, who is a old friend of Gandalf's, lets them stay for 14 days. During these 14 days, he helps recognizes the two swords that Gandalf and Thorin took from the troll's cave. The names are Glamdring (Gandalf's) and Orcrist (Thorin's) He also interprets the map by using moonlight to reveal the hidden hint of how to cross the the hidden pathway to the Lonely Mountain. The hint tells the user to stand by a stone near a thrush and wait for the Sun to set on Durin's Day. The dwarves leave and travels deeper into the Misty Mountains

Chapter 4

Great Goblin

The dwarves continue their journey into the mountains. Gandalf is dubious about the pathway because he knows that the land has become evil and dangerous. As they continue traveling, they decide to sleep, but encounter the goblins who ambushed and captured all of them except Gandalf who escaped. The goblins take them to the Great Goblin and recognized the the sword Thorin carries. Gandalf arrives and saves everyone. The dwarves counterattack and kill several goblins as well as the Great Goblin. The dwarves, Bilbo, and Gandalf make a run for it. Bilbo is being carried by Dori and accidentally falls off, strikes his head on the ground, and knocks himself unconscious.

Review

Chapter 3 is an important aspect of the the novel, The Hobbit, because I think it will help lead to a much bigger role into the story. In Chapter 3, I wasn't surprised to see that the dwarves will meet Elrond. I knew that they would need help with some guidance with the map to find the hidden door. Chapter 3 reveals that the two swords that Gandalf  and Thorin took from the troll cave happens to be use to kill goblins and were associated with Smaug. I believe that Tolkien was influenced by stories and legends like Beowulf and King Arthur particularly their famous weapons such as Excalibur and Hrunting. Tolkien probably wanted to do the same thing for his own weapons.

Chapter 4 I believe is a just a small conflict in The Hobbit. The goblins were just a small antagonist in this chapter. The goblins and the Great Goblin only slowed down the dwarves journey to the hidden passageway. However, even though this chapter was just a small conflict, I believe that it has an important in the entire story. In The Hobbit, Bilbo describes the goblins to be incredibly ugly, short, and have a personality of being cruel and wicked. The goblins seem to be also greedy when they took the supplies and some of them were messing around with it. Also, Bilbo accidentally fell off and lost consciousness which could mean that the next chapter will reveal The One Ring.