The Hobbit #2

My main role this week was : Literary Luminary

LITERARY LUMINARY :

Passage 1 : chapter 7, pg 126-127

" The wind went on from West to East ; 

all movement in the forest ceased,

but shrill and harsh across the marsh 

its whistling voices were released. " - What I think of this passage is that its describing the story behind the forests's back and how its nature is fascinating but also mysterious, and how ancient people would walk across its grounds, and it reminds me a bit with the wind and whistling voices that there might be ghosts of the forests past warning its intruders that there is no way back.

Passage 2 : chapter 7, pg 127

" It is time for us to sleep " " - for us, but not I think for Beorn. In this hall we can rest sound and safe, but I warn you all not to forget what Beorn said before he left us : you must not stray outside until the sun is up, on your peril. " - I can just imagine in my head the way Gandalf is saying this with lots of pride and trust within him and that he is very serious. It reminds me of a couple fantasy movies of how they are told not to move or go anywhere, or else things will happen to them. Gandalf I think is trying to say that they should not leave at night, because for those who hunt at night might as well catch them, or if they wonder of they might not find there way back, or get kidnapped or killed.

Passage 3 : chapter 7, pg 137

" And good-bye to you all,good-bye! Don't stray off the track! - if you do, it is a thousand to one you will never find it again and never get out of Mirkwood; and then I don't suppose I, or any one else, will never see you again. " - It seems to me that Gandalf is wishing all the dwarves and Bilbo a safe and pleasant trip and that he wishes them all the good and says goodbye to them. When he talks at the end about staying on track and what will happen if you don't ; he just seems to be saying it in a jolly tone as if he wasn't worried at all.

Passage 4 : chapter 8, pg 141

" It was not long before they grew to hate the forest as heartily as they had hated the tunnels of the goblins, and it seemed to offer even less hope of any ending. But they had to go on and on, long after they were sick for a sight of the sun and of the sky, and longed for the feel of wind on their faces. " - I would agree because if I was travelling through the same forest and seeing a lot of the same things over and over again I would get annoyed but I think it would get you dizzy.

Passage 5 : chapter 9, pg 183-184

" Down the swift dark stream you go 

Back to lands you once did know!

Leave the halls and caverns deep,

Leave the northern mountains steep,

Where the forest wide and dim

Stoops in shadow grey and grim!

Float beyond the world of trees

Out into the whispering breeze, 

Past the rushes, past the reeds,

Past the marsh's waving weeds,

Through the mist that riseth white 
Up from mere and pool at night!
Follow, follow stars that leap
Up the heavens cold and steep;
Turn when dawn comes over land,
Over rapid, over sand,
South away! and South away!
Seek the sunlight and the day,
Back to pasture, back to mead,
Where the kine and oxen feed!
Back to gardens on the hills
Where the berry swells and fills
Under sunlight, under day!
South away! and South away!
Down the swift dark stream you go
Back to lands you once did know! " - This poem just caught my mind when I read it because it sounded just so mystical, magical, and mysterious to me, like there's a forest out there to be explored more but it has so many dangers and curiosities lurking at each corner waiting to be fascinated by.