Summary
Chapter 5
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| Gollum |
Bilbo wakes up in a darkness and find a metal ring on the floor. He meets a wandering and hungry creature name Gollum and points his sword at him. Gollum challenges Bilbo in a riddle game. If Gollum beats Bilbo, he eats him, and if Bilbo wins, Gollum will show him the way out of the mountain. Bilbo and Gollum exchange riddles. Bilbo finally wins by asking Gollum...
"What have I got in my pocket?" (page 78; last paragraph)
and Gollum could guess the 3 chances he was given. Gollum tries to use his last option and eat Bilbo by using his "precious" a.k.a. the Ring. Bilbo manages to escape wearing the ring which renders him invisible.
"What have I got in my pocket?" (page 78; last paragraph)
and Gollum could guess the 3 chances he was given. Gollum tries to use his last option and eat Bilbo by using his "precious" a.k.a. the Ring. Bilbo manages to escape wearing the ring which renders him invisible.
Chapter 6
Bilbo escapes the mountain and overhears Gandalf and the dwarves deciding if they should ditch Bilbo. Bilbo reveals himself to be alive after he slips the ring off and put it into his pocket. Bilbo tells them that he found his way out of the mountain, but didn't tell them about Gollum and the ring. The company then quickly create a head start from the goblins who can't stop them because of sunlight. The goblin's wolflike allies, Wargs, help the goblins corner the company to a tree. Gandalf tries his best to kill most of them. Luckily a friend of Gandalf's, Lord of Eagles, saves them with his eagles and flies them to safety. They provide new supplies and rest before the company ahead toward the doorway.
"There was a howl of anger and surprise from the goblins. Loud cried from the Lord of Eagles, to whom Gandalf had now spoken. Back swept the great birds that were with him, and down they came like huge black shadows." (page 107; second to last paragraph).
Review
Okay, let me just say that my foreshadowing guess was right. Tolkien revealed the ring in Chapter 5 just as I thought. Tolkien was influenced by many literature works to create the fun riddles that Gollum says. He also used his personal experience of war to show Bilbo's uncomfortableness in his present surroundings. Tolkien was a ranking soldier in WWII. He lived in a calm life before he was forced to engage in harsh environments. Tolkien experienced a lot of huge explosions and I think he used some of that personal experience into Chapter 6.
"He gathered the huge pinecones from the branches of
his tree. Then he set one alight with bright blue fire, and threw it whizzing
down among the circle of the wolves. It struck one on the back, and
immediately his shaggy coat caught fire, and he was leaping to and fro
yelping horribly. Then another came and another, one in blue flames, one
in red, another in green. They burst on the ground in the middle of the
circle and went off in coloured sparks and smoke."
This shows Tolkien's personal experience of seeing explosions during his time at war and was able to recreate them into a work of art.
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| The ring |
In Chapter 5, I thought of it as a extremely essential part of the story. I mean, think of this...why would a creature name Gollum be so obsessed with the ring? The ring so far has the ability to allow the user to become invisible, but there should be more information about this mysterious ring. I also know that this ring has a evil presence. This is because Gollum is sort of insane. What kind of creature lives under a mountain for who knows how long and is obsessed with a ring to the point of insanity. The ring has a dark evil screaming out and will continue to reveal more about it.
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