Ivan Caicedo

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English College Now

21 May 2014

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

Vocabulary

1. Unobtrusive - inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent; not noticeable or conspicuous 2. Perilous - involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous 3. Imbibed - to absorb liquid or moisture; to absorb or soak up, as water, light, or heat 4. Warren - a building or area containing many tenants in limited or crowded quarters 5. Commodity - an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service; something of use, advantage, or value. 6. Pavilion - a light, usually open building used for shelter, concerts, exhibits 7. Scintillating - animated; vivacious; effervescent; witty; brilliantly clever 8. Phalanx - (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping; a number of individuals, especially persons united for a common purpose. 9. Provender - dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder; food 10. Waistcoat - a man's body garment, often quilted and embroidered and having sleeves, worn under the doublet in the 16th and 17th centuries. 11. Perfunctory - performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic 12. Spasm - a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm); any sudden, brief spell of great energy, activity, feeling, etc. 13. Ominous - portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious 14. Disquieting - causing anxiety or uneasiness; disturbing 15. Malice - desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness 16. Respite - a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief; temporary suspension of the execution of a person condemned to death; reprieve 17. Loathsome - disgusting; revolting; repulsive 18. Abominable - repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome 19. Furtive - taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret 20. Disheveled - hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt; untidy; disarranged 21. Coppices- a thicket or dense growth of small trees or bushes, especially one regularly trimmed back to stumps so that a continual supply of small poles and firewood is obtained 22. Frugal - practicing economy; living without waste; thrifty 23. Tussocky - a dense tuft of vegetation, especially of grass 24. Forbodes - to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend 25. Bower - a leafy shelter or recess; arbor; a rustic dwelling; cottage. 26. Causeway - a raised road or path, as across low or wet ground. 27. Compensated - to counterbalance; offset; be equivalent to 28. Conspiracy - an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot. 29. Bollards - a thick, low post, usually of iron or steel, mounted on a wharf or the like, to which mooring lines from vessels are attached. 30. Wallowing - to live self-indulgently; luxuriate; revel 31. Inquisitiveness - research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious 32. Scrupulous - punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact 33. Sluggard - a person who is habitually inactive or lazy 34. Writing - such characters or matter with respect to style, kind, quality, etc. 35. Hoary - gray or white with age; ancient or venerable 36. Pincers - a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles
Chapter VII-IX 37. Rogue - a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel; scamp 38. Indignant - angry, resentful, infuriated, mad. 39. Pondering - to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate 40. Stealth - secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure; a furtive departure or entrance. 41. Sallow - of a sickly, yellowish color 42. Quagmires - an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog; or a situation from which extrication is very difficult 43. Wraith - an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death; visible spirit 44. Undulating - to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement 45. Caird - a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy; a wandering tramp or vagrant. 46. Haggard - having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn 47. Pungent - acutely distressing to the feelings or mind; poignant; sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid. 48. Beryl a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granitesand igneous rocks

Chapter 1-12 are for book 1 from The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
|FACTUAL (Chapters 1&2) |INTERPRETIVE |
|Bilbo Baggins returns to the shire of hobbits after disappearing for |This is an example of an external conflict because the Ring is |
|some time, but brings back an unusual amount of fortune as well as |controlling Bilbo and his actions. The Ring sees that Gandalf is |
|the ring. The society gossips about Bilbo, his oddities, and the |meddling with its plans to return to Sauron and thus tries to resist |
|riches he came back with. Since he was turning 111 years old, he |him. |
|planned an extravagant birthday party. He also promised special |Being unusually bent is not only a physical description of Gandalf, |
|effects of fireworks which are created by Gandalf, the grey wizard |but also holds a deeper meaning. He is wise and has a “hunch” of the |
|that is a loyal friend of Bilbo. |fore coming danger. Also, the metaphor compares his wisdom and |
| |knowledge of the ring. |
| |This personification of the Ring makes it more of a character with a |
| |fate, rather than an inanimate object. It also shows the Ring’s |
| |desire to return to its creator. |
| |This quote presents the reader with the evident quest that Frodo, the|
| |protagonist, must embark on. |
|CRITICAL |RESPONSE |
|“’Why do you want me to?’ He asked and a curious change came over his| |
|voice. It was sharp with suspicion and annoyance. ‘It is mine, I tell| |
|you. My own. My precious.’” (35) External Conflict: Bilbo vs. The | |
|Ring | |
|“Frodo thought the old wizard looked unusually bent, almost as if he | |
|was carrying a great weight” (44). Metaphor | |
|“it did not always seem the same size or weight; it shrank or | |
|expanded in an odd way, and might slip off a finger where it had been| |
|tight” (46). Personification | |
|“Fear seemed to stretch out a vast hand, like a dark cloud rising in | |
|the East and looming up to engulf him” (50). Personification | |
|“’To find the Cracks of Doom in the depths of Orodruin, the | |
|Fire-mountain, and cast the Ring in there, if you really wish to | |
|destroy it, to put it beyond the grasp of the Enemy for ever’” (60). | |
|Fantasy Literature: Quest | |
|FACTUAL (3&4) |INTERPRETIVE |
| |In this, we see the protagonist’s, Frodo Baggins’, quest to take |
| |the Ring to the Cracks of Doom. |
| |This setting creates an atmosphere of eeriness and ominous |
| |qualities. Also, it contains personification of the evil-like |
| |mist to give a sense of fore coming danger. |
| |In this quote, the Ring is urging Frodo to slip it on in order to |
| |be seen by the riders so its plans will continue. It is important|
| |because Frodo is still able to resist the ring’s temptations. |
| |This example of the ongoing conflict between Frodo and the Ring |
| |shows the increased influence of the Ring. Frodo is moved |
| |subconsciously to grab his pocket by the urges coming from the |
| |Ring. |
| |The metaphor shows the Hobbits’ realization that they aren’t safe |
| |anymore being pent up in their shire. Evil is coming. |
|CRITICAL |RESPONSE |
|“’But you cannot see very far,’ said Gandalf. ‘Neither can I. It | |
|may be your task to find the Cracks of Doom’” (65). Fantasy | |
|Literature: Quest | |
|“The night was clear, cool, and starry, but smoke-like wisps of | |
|mist were creeping up the hill-sides from the streams and deep | |
|meadows.” (70). Setting | |
|“Frodo hesitated for a second: curiosity or some other feeling was| |
|struggling with his desire to hide” (73). External Conflict: Frodo| |
|v. the Ring | |
|“Once more the desire to slip on the Ring came over Frodo; but | |
|this time it was stronger than before. So strong that, almost | |
|before he realized what he was doing, his hand was groping his | |
|pocket.” (77). External Conflict: Frodo v. the Ring | |
|“’The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, | |
|but you cannot for ever fence it out’” (82). Metaphor | |

|FACTUAL (5&6) |INTERPRETIVE |
| |This setting gave an extremely vital advantage to Frodo in his |
| |plans to stay discrete. This avoids gossip to spread of his odd |
| |actions. |
| |Although Frodo’s quest is perilous and will be difficult, his true|
| |friends are willing to put their lives at stake to accompany him. |
| |The precautions that they took are playing a huge role in their |
| |plan in the future events. |
| |When the Hobbits enter the Forest, the trees are automatically |
| |angry and full of animosity. They are upset since they cannot move|
| |like the party can. This conflict creates problems for the party |
| |of Hobbits later on. |
| |This personification gives the trees magical and evil |
| |characteristics and powers that they use against the Hobbits. |
|CRITICAL |RESPONSE |
|“Frodo had chosen it, because it stood in an out-of-the-way corner| |
|of the country, and there were no other dwellings close by” (98). | |
|Setting | |
|“’You must go – and therefore we must, too. Merry and I are | |
|coming with you.’”(102). Fantasy Literature: Companionship | |
|“He had even brought along some old clothes of Frodo’s to help him| |
|play the part. They little thought how dangerous that part might | |
|prove.”(106). Foreshadowing | |
|“They all got an uncomfortable feeling that they were being | |
|watched with disapproval, deepening to dislike and even | |
|enmity.”(109). Conflict: The Forest v. Hobbits | |
|“Sleepiness seemed to be creeping out of the ground and up their | |
|legs, and falling softly out of the air upon their heads and | |
|eyes.” (114). Personification | |

|FACTUAL (7&8) |INTERPRETIVE |
| |Frodo describes Fair Lady Goldberry as a beyond beautiful |
| |magical person/being. We see the fantasy literature component |
| |with her being of a different race. |
| |The Ring magically alters itself in size and shape to match the |
| |person that has possession of it at the moment. Then the fact |
| |that Tom is unaffected by the Ring has significance |
| |A shadow symbolizes something dark (as used in foreshadowing), |
| |foreboding, or evil which shows the events they are about to |
| |face. |
| |The Ring wishes to survive and continue its journey, and if |
| |Frodo went to save his friends then he might perish trying. It |
| |urges Frodo to leave his friends and tells him that Gandalf |
| |would understand. |
| |Frodo has such a strong and pure heart still even with the |
| |temptations from the Ring. He overrides the selfishness of |
| |survival and courageously goes to rescue his friends. |
|CRITICAL |RESPONSE |
|“He stood as he had at times stood enchanted by fair | |
|elven-voices; but the spell that was now laid upon him was | |
|different: less keen and lofty was the delight, but deeper and | |
|nearer to mortal heart; marvelous and yet not strange.”(121) | |
|Indirect Characterization | |
|“It seemed to grow larger as it lay for a moment on his big | |
|brown-skinned hand” (130). Personification | |
|“A shadow now lay round the edge of sight, a dark haze above | |
|which the upper sky was like a blue cap, hot and heavy.”(133). | |
|Symbolism | |
|“He thought of himself running free over the grass, grieving for| |
|Merry, Sam, and Pippin, but free and alive himself. Gandalf | |
|would admit that there had been nothing else he could do.” | |
|(138). Conflict: Frodo v. Ring | |
|“But the courage that had been awakened in him was now too | |
|strong: he could not leave his friends so easily” (138). Fantasy| |
|Literature: Loyalty | |

|FACTUAL (9&10) |INTERPRETIVE |
| |Men of Bree is an important non-human race in which some end up |
| |helping the Hobbits. They do not welcome strangers or odd |
| |travelers very kindly either. |
| |The foul and dark creature that creeps over the village’s wall |
| |is one of the evil beings that Frodo and his friends must face. |
| |It causes problems for them later in the village |
| |The squint-eyed man offers his predictions that the people will |
| |come whether the Bree-folk want them to or not. Also, that |
| |things are about to be shaken up. |
| |Frodo is tempted once again by the Ring but this time, the |
| |magical power of the Ring has grown. At first, the temptations |
| |were small thoughts but are now as if it was an independent |
| |being. |
| |This part of the poem alludes to Macbeth and the prophecy that |
| |the three witches gave. It explains how appearances can be |
| |deceiving. |
|CRITICAL |RESPONSE |
|“The Men of Bree were brown-haired, broad, and rather short, | |
|cheerful and independent: they belonged to no one but | |
|themselves” (146) Fantasy Literature: Non-human Races | |
|“As soon as his back was turned, a dark figure climbed quickly | |
|in over the gate and melted into the shadows of the village | |
|street” (148). Theme: Good v. Evil | |
|“’If room isn’t found for them, they’ll find it for themselves. | |
|They’ve a right to live, same as other folk.” (152). | |
|Foreshadowing | |
|“It seemed […] as if the suggestion came to him from outside, | |
|from someone or something in the room.” (154). Theme: Magic | |
|“’All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander | |
|are lost.’” (168). Allusion | |

|FACTUAL (11&12) |INTERPRETIVE |
|CRITICAL |RESPONSE |
|“The Brandybucks were blowing the Horn-call of Buckland, that | |
|had not been sounded for a hundred years” (173). Theme: Good v. | |
|Evil | |
|“Strider seemed to be held in awe by most of the Bree-landers, | |
|and those that he stared at shut their mouths and drew away.” | |
|(176). Characterization | |
|“The marshes were bewildering and treacherous, and there was no | |
|permanent trail even for Rangers to find through their shifting | |
|quagmires. The flies began to torment them, and the air was | |
|full of clouds of tiny midges” (178). Setting | |
|“Fire is our friend in the wilderness” (185). Metaphor | |
|“Frodo thought that he heard a faint hiss of venomous breath and| |
|felt a thin piercing chill” (191). | |
|FACTUAL (9&10) |INTERPRETIVE |
|CRITICAL |RESPONSE |