Nurin Yubazlan
Ms. Jennifer Nelson
English 7B
13th May,
2014
Literature
Circles
Week: 4
(last meeting for this book)
The Book: The
Hobbit
Author: J.R.R.
Tolkien
Number of Pages: 306
Number of Chapters: 19
Number of Chapters and
Pages Read: 7 chapters, from pg. 233-305
Number of Chapters and Pages to Read by Next Meeting: “Life of Pie” By Yann Martel, 36 chapters
Jobs from Last Meeting:
Angela Craven- SUMMARIZER
Danijel Micevic- VOCABULARY
ENRICHER
Nurin Yubazlan- LITERARY LUMINARY
Jobs for Next Meeting (5):
Angela Craven- DISCUSSION DIRECTOR
Danijel Micevic- TRAVEL TRACER
Nurin
Yubazlan- ILLUSTRATOR
LITERARY LUMINARY
1. Pg.237
2. Pg.240
“With that he put on Bilbo a small coat of mail, wrought for some young elf-prince long ago. It was of silver-steel which the elves call mithril, and with it went a belt of pearls and crystals. A light helm of figured leather, strengthened beneath with hoops of steel, and studded about the bring with white gems, was set upon the hobbit's head.” (Tolkien 40)
I thought that this sentence was interesting because I think that it was very descriptive of what was going on and it clearly explained the small coat of mail. I like that the author explained tiny bits of detail and I believe that the author is very good and skillful when it comes to adding small details when he is writing.
3. Pg.241
“They passed through the ruined chamber. Tables were rotting there; chairs and benches were lying there overturned, charred and decaying. Skulls and bones were upon the floor among flagons and bowls and broken drinking-horns and dust. As they came through yet more doors at the further end, a sound of water fell upon their ears, and the grey light grew suddenly more full.” (Tolkien 241)
This passage was very detailed and I really like how the author explained the ruined chamber. It is very powerful because he described every single object in the ruined chamber. He put a lot of adjectives which I really like such as rotting, overturned, charred, and decaying. It also really gives the feeling that the reader gets creeped out and imagining an eerie feeling because it is different than our world; it is weird to have skulls and bones all over the floor. To be honest, I felt pretty freaked out just by reading this passage.
4. Pg.242
“A whirl of bats frightened from slumber by their smoking torches flurried over them; as they sprang forward their feet slithered on stones rubbed smooth and slimed by the passing of the dragon.” (Tolkien 242)
This sentence is very powerful and by the way the author explained it, I felt like I was in the book because of the language used. Flurried, slithered, smooth, and slimed were three very descriptive words that he used and it really tells the texture/feeling of the whirl of bats and the dragon.
5. Pg.248
“Then suddenly a great light appeared in the low place in the hills and the northern end of the lake turned golden.” (Tolkien 248)
In my opinion, the thing that I liked about this sentence was "the lake turned golden" because it just feels very magical and fictional to me.
“There was the sound, too, of elven-harps and of sweet music; and as it echoed up towards them it seemed that the chill of the air was warmed, and they caught faintly the fragrance of woodland flowers blossoming in spring.” (Tolkien 263)
I just really like how the author was being descriptive about the spring time instead of just saying "it is spring", etc.
7. Pg.302
"It was the
Arkenstone, the Heart of the Mountain. So Bilbo guessed from Thorin's
description; but indeed there could not be two such gems, even in so marvelous a hoard, even in all the world. Ever as he climbed, the same
white gleam had shone before him and drawn his feet towards Slowly it grew to
a little globe of pallid light. Now as came near, it was tinged with a
flickering sparkle of man colours at the surface, reflected and
splintered from the wavering light of his torch. At last
he looked down upon it and he caught his breath. The great jewel shone
before he feet of its own inner light, and yet, cut and fashioned by the
dwarves, who had dug it from the heart of the mountain long ago, it took
all light that fell upon it and-changes it into ten thousand sparks of white
radiance shot with glints of the rainbow." (Tolkien 237)
I really like this passage because I think that it really describes the tiny details of the Arkenstone. Some words that I really liked that the author used in this was gleam, pallid, tinged, flickering, and glints. I could really imagine the stone and just by the author giving all of these descriptive words; I can pretty much illustrate this stone in my head and even drawing it.
I really like this passage because I think that it really describes the tiny details of the Arkenstone. Some words that I really liked that the author used in this was gleam, pallid, tinged, flickering, and glints. I could really imagine the stone and just by the author giving all of these descriptive words; I can pretty much illustrate this stone in my head and even drawing it.
2. Pg.240
“With that he put on Bilbo a small coat of mail, wrought for some young elf-prince long ago. It was of silver-steel which the elves call mithril, and with it went a belt of pearls and crystals. A light helm of figured leather, strengthened beneath with hoops of steel, and studded about the bring with white gems, was set upon the hobbit's head.” (Tolkien 40)
I thought that this sentence was interesting because I think that it was very descriptive of what was going on and it clearly explained the small coat of mail. I like that the author explained tiny bits of detail and I believe that the author is very good and skillful when it comes to adding small details when he is writing.
3. Pg.241
“They passed through the ruined chamber. Tables were rotting there; chairs and benches were lying there overturned, charred and decaying. Skulls and bones were upon the floor among flagons and bowls and broken drinking-horns and dust. As they came through yet more doors at the further end, a sound of water fell upon their ears, and the grey light grew suddenly more full.” (Tolkien 241)
This passage was very detailed and I really like how the author explained the ruined chamber. It is very powerful because he described every single object in the ruined chamber. He put a lot of adjectives which I really like such as rotting, overturned, charred, and decaying. It also really gives the feeling that the reader gets creeped out and imagining an eerie feeling because it is different than our world; it is weird to have skulls and bones all over the floor. To be honest, I felt pretty freaked out just by reading this passage.
4. Pg.242
“A whirl of bats frightened from slumber by their smoking torches flurried over them; as they sprang forward their feet slithered on stones rubbed smooth and slimed by the passing of the dragon.” (Tolkien 242)
This sentence is very powerful and by the way the author explained it, I felt like I was in the book because of the language used. Flurried, slithered, smooth, and slimed were three very descriptive words that he used and it really tells the texture/feeling of the whirl of bats and the dragon.
“Then suddenly a great light appeared in the low place in the hills and the northern end of the lake turned golden.” (Tolkien 248)
In my opinion, the thing that I liked about this sentence was "the lake turned golden" because it just feels very magical and fictional to me.
“There was the sound, too, of elven-harps and of sweet music; and as it echoed up towards them it seemed that the chill of the air was warmed, and they caught faintly the fragrance of woodland flowers blossoming in spring.” (Tolkien 263)
I just really like how the author was being descriptive about the spring time instead of just saying "it is spring", etc.
"Roads
go ever ever on,
Over rock
and under tree,
By caves
where never sun has shone,
By
streams that never find the sea;
Over snow
by winter sown,
And
through the merry flowers of June,
Over
grass and over stone,
And under
mountains in the moon.
Roads go
ever ever on
Under
cloud and under star,
Yet feet
that wandering have gone
Turn at
last to home afar.
Eyes that
fire and sword have seen
And
horror in the halls of stone
Look at
last on meadows green
And trees
and hills they long have known." (Tolkien 302)
The language is very powerful and poetic; it really describes the beauty of nature.
I am so sorry to use a lot of words such as "descriptive" and "detail". This is because I really don't know what else to describe Tolkien's way of writing. It is very powerful and those are just two words that really comes up into my mind when I read his book.
I am so sorry to use a lot of words such as "descriptive" and "detail". This is because I really don't know what else to describe Tolkien's way of writing. It is very powerful and those are just two words that really comes up into my mind when I read his book.
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