Hobbit2 - Chapter 01 - An Unexpected Party - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kath · 05-06-2012, 03:09 PM

I always loved the idea of those warring sides of Bilbo. Sensible Hobbitishness on the one side and then this slowly awakening Tookish side. What is a poor hobbit to do in such situations but scream like a boiling kettle?!

The whole chapter just evokes pictures in your head. I'm not naturally a visual person, I don't need a picture with the words, but in this chapter it is impossible not to see it all playing out.

Though I must admit to wishing for more description of the hobbits, or some kind of comparison, because from the day I read this at age 7 to the day I saw the Lord of the Rings films I imagined hobbits as looking something like tall, less furry guinea pigs.

05-06-2012, 03:09 PM	#4
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,533	I always loved the idea of those warring sides of Bilbo. Sensible Hobbitishness on the one side and then this slowly awakening Tookish side. What is a poor hobbit to do in such situations but scream like a boiling kettle?! The whole chapter just evokes pictures in your head. I'm not naturally a visual person, I don't need a picture with the words, but in this chapter it is impossible not to see it all playing out. Though I must admit to wishing for more description of the hobbits, or some kind of comparison, because from the day I read this at age 7 to the day I saw the Lord of the Rings films I imagined hobbits as looking something like tall, less furry guinea pigs. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

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