Chapters 5 and 6 of the Hobbit

Bilbo wakes up and he is all alone in the darkness. He can't remember what happened so he decides to start searching for his friends. On his search, he comes across a ring and decides keep it. He continues on in hopes of finding them, and comes across the home of Gollum. Gollum sneaks up on Bilbo and scares him. Then he comes up with a deal; if Bilbo can answer all of his riddles and he gets one of Bilbo's wrong, he will show Bilbo the way out of the goblin cave.

They go for awhile, answering each other's riddles with little difficulty. Finally, Bilbo gets stuck and can't think of a riddle. Before Gollum comes out of his boat and eats Bilbo, he asks Gollum what is in his pocket. Gollum can't figure it out and becomes mad, then Bilbo slips on the ring he found and realizes it makes him invisible! This infuriates Gollum even more and he goes off in search of Bilbo and the ring because it was originally his. Gollum goes all the way to the tunnel leading to exit. This gives Bilbo the time to escape.

He meets back with his friends and they continue on their journey. A land slide occurs and throws them off the path and they get lost in the forest. Not too long after they get lost they are attacked by the Wargs. They climb up into the trees for safety, but the goblins come and find them again. Gandalf tries to shake them off, but he can't do much from up in a tree. As it looked like the group would be captured and eaten, the Lord of the Eagles swoops down with other eagles and rescues them. They go to the eagles home and rest up for awhile. Then the eagles drop them somewhere past the Misty Mountains and they continue their journey.

Chapters 3 and 4 of The Hobbit

The group has now left the trolls camp and is on to the Misty Mountains. They go through the forest and meet the elves of  Rivendell and their leader Elrond. It is obvious that the dwarves don't like the trickster and childlike nature of the elves, but they are happy for the couple days of rest at Rivendell. Elrond, Gandalf, and Thorin figure out that the map has a secret message within it that can only be seen in the certain phase of the moon and season it was originally written in it. This just happens to be the same phase of the moon and season, hmm... they were very lucky.

Bilbo, the dwarves, and Gandalf move forward with their journey and reach the very bottom of the Misty Mountains. Then a terrible storms comes through and they look in search of shelter. Fili and Kili find a decent looking cave and they decided to wait out the storm in their. Unfortunately the cave is goblin territory, and then everyone is captured except for Gandalf. The goblins take them to their leader the Great Goblin. The goblins and dwarves don't have a good relationship and the Great Goblin strongly disliked Thorin and company. Before anything bad happened to Bilbo and the dwarves, Gandalf poofed in the cave and Thorin and Gandalf fought the goblins off and then they all ran for it. During the fight, the Great Goblin was killed, and this angered the goblins. The goblins caught up with them and Dori dropped Bilbo. Bilbo was left behind in the darkness.

Before Gandalf, Bilbo, and Thorin and Company escaped the goblins cave they were trapped in, the Great Goblin mentioned the swords they were carrying. Gandalf was carrying Glamdring the Foe-hammer and Thorin was carrying the Orcrist. The goblins just called these swords Beater and Biter. Hearing the different names for the swords made me think about their origins in the book. This made me appreciate the time Tolkien took to weave small outer stories, like the naming of these two swords, into his books.

Chapters 1 and 2 of The Hobbit

The Hobbit begins with a small town where the Hobbits live. Hobbits are a short race that like a simple and routine lifestyle. They are not meant for adventures, but somehow the hero of our story is Bilbo Baggins. He is definitely not your average hero, he is probably the exact opposite. In the book when the dwarves come to his house to get him to go on his adventure, he passes out at the thought of the dragon he will steal from. Now, does that sound like a very heroic thing, well obviously not!

Gandalf is able to get Bilbo out of his house and on his way. The dwarves meet Bilbo and Gandalf at an inn and start their journey. In the beginning the quest was all fun and laughs, but all to soon it was very dark and mysterious. One night it was pouring rain and the group were low on food and shelter. Miraculously they found a light in the distance. Unluckily it turned out to be the camp of three trolls. In the end, all the dwarves and Bilbo are saved by Gandalf.

In the scene with the trolls, Bilbo showed a very unexpected side. Instead of leaving the trolls camp, knowing the danger that trolls can cause, he attempted to steal something from him. This is the exact opposite of the Bilbo we saw freak out at the thought of anything dangerous. Earlier in the book, it also mentioned his "Took" side. I believe this is his "Took" side coming out, and I predict that this isn't the only time we will see this side of Bilbo Baggins.

Prologue and thoughts before reading

I haven't read The Hobbit before, but I have high expectations for it. I have seen all the Lord of the Rings movies and read the first book. In my opinion, the movies were very good. I also liked The Fellowship of the Ring, but I read it a long time ago and don't remember much. I know that The Hobbit is like a children's story, but I expect it to capture my attention like the movies and book did.