Sonia - The Hobbit #1

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The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

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     → Name: Sonia Tipteriu

     → Book: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

     → We Read Three Chapters

     → Pages For Next Time: 112

     → Jobs For Next Time:

          > Jihyun: Travel Tracer

          > Sam: Illustrator

          > Barak: Vocabulary Enricher

          > Sonia: Connector

     → My job for this meeting was Summarizer. This is what happened in these first three chapters.

In the first chapter, Bilbo Baggins (the main character who is a hobbit) receives an unexpected visit from a wizard named Gandalf. Previous to that, the narrator described Bilbo's family (the book is not written from Bilbo's perspective). When Bilbo meets Gandalf and is asked to join him on an adventure, Bilbo declines and invites Gandalf for tea sometime, to not be rude. The next day, several dwarfs show up in Bilbo's hobbit home for tea. In the end of that day, Gandalf pulls out a map, tells Bilbo he will be the Burglar of the gang, and that he is know part of the adventure. The next morning, Bilbo oversleeps and realizes that the dwarfs have left. Gandalf comes and shows Bilbo a note he had not realized which tells him when to meet and where to meet the rest of the group. One night on the beginning of their journey, they notice a light in the forest, and the group sends their "burglar" (AKA Bilbo the hobbit) to find out what it is. When he reaches the light, he realizes it was actually three trolls (Bert, Tom, and William). When he tries to steal one of their wallets, the trolls capture Bilbo. After several tries to escape the trolls, Gandalf arrives and frees all the dwarfs and the hobbit. They dig through the treasure the trolls kept in their cave, pick some things out, and leave, heading for Rivendell, the house of Elrond. When they saw a mountain (which was one of the largest things Bilbo - a hobbit - had ever seen), they realize they have to pass the mountain range to get to where Smaug (the dragon) was waiting for them. Soon, they arrived to the house of Elrond, and Thorin shows Elrond the map. The map says, "Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks [...] and the setting sun with the last light of Durin's Day will shine upon the keyhole"