Introducing "The Lord of the Rings" and The Fellowship of the Ring: Prologue Summary/Review

Introduction

After Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, his publishers asked him to create a sequel. This sequel is The Lord of the Rings. The novel itself was written so  that it was separated into 3 sections. They are The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Lord of the Rings continues after 100 years from Bilbo's return from his epic journey to the Misty Mountains. This novel has been highly approved by many readers and was the greatest book in poll run by major British booksellers in 1997. This book's medieval places its characters and its readers on a collision course with modern moral dilemmas of knowledge and power.

Prologue

Summary

The novel reintroduces the hobbits and how they love the countryside. The hobbits are beings who are short, curly-haired, and have hair on their feet. Hobbits are also known to have a light feet and are able to sneak into places really quietly. The prologue also reveals how much has changed in Middle-Earth and the Third Age is no more. Hobbits have also remained entirely on the margins of historical events that have occurred since their migration. The prologue reintroduces Bilbo Baggins who is well-known throughout the world and is now an old hobbit. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who went on a journey with several dwarves and a wizard to the Misty Mountains. During the journey, he encounter a being who calls himself Gollum. Gollum is obsessed with a ring which Bilbo steals and accidentally discovers that wearing the ring grants its user to become invisible. After the journey, Bilbo wrote his stories, but Gandalf was skeptical about Bilbo's ring. He later questions Bilbo who reveals the truth.

Review

Hobbits have not changed since The Hobbit, they still don't wear shoes because of their rough skin on their feet and they enjoy the pleasures of living in their hobbit holes. I also spot that the confrontation between Bilo and Gollum as well as the the mysterious invisibility ring will play a central role throughout The Lord of the Rings. Bilbo believes in simple deeds and he isn't used to verbal complexity that will determined his life. Miraculously, Bilbo was able to escape his doom by asking a straightforward riddle "What have I got in my pocket?" which stumps Gollum because it was so simple. It is a riddle after all and Gollum was not able to solve it. This eventually ends to Bilbo's success. Overall, I am excited on what will happen in The Lord of the Rings and how everything will turn out.