the lord of the rings

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R.

Tolkien

Kayla Soultz

Frodo Baggins Protagonist Hobbit Bilbo’s nephew and heir Ring-bearer In the Fellowship

Gandalf the Grey Wizard Bilbo’s friend Tells Frodo about the ring Is lost in the Mines of Moria “Hobbits really are amazing creatures.

You can learn all that there is to know about them in a month, and yet after a hundred years, they can still surprise you.”

In the Fellowship

Samwise “Sam” Gamgee Hobbit Frodo’s best friend Almost drowns in order to help Frodo In the Fellowship

Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck

Hobbit Smartest of the hobbits Helped outrun the Nazgûl In the Fellowship

Peregrin “Pippin” Took Hobbit Best friends with Merry According to Gandalf, he’s the most

foolish In the Fellowship

Aragorn Man Met the hobbits in Bree Goes as Strider in Bree and Dúnadain

in Rivendell Friend of Gandalf Isildur’s heir In the Fellowship

Legolas Elf “Enemy” to Gimli In the Fellowship

Gimli Dwarf Son of Glóin (one of Bilbo’s old

friends) In the Fellowship

Boromir Man Tries to kill Frodo in order to take the

ring In the Fellowship

Elrond Elf One of the high rulers of Rivendell Organizes the Fellowship

Saruman White Wizard Wants to use the ring in order to

control Middle Earth using his “wisdom”

Betrays Gandalf

Bilbo Baggins Hobbit Frodo’s uncle/guardian Stole the ring from Gollum Gives ring to Frodo

Tom Bombadil Master of the Old Forest One of the first strangers to help the

hobbits on their journey to Rivendell Tells them to go to Bree Elrond considers giving the ring to

Tom

Plot There’s a ring that posses whoever wears it.

Which causes emotions such as greed, hate, and other homicidal actions

Saruman wants to use the ring, which wouldn’t work, so he sends orcs to take the ring

Frodo takes the ring to Rivendell so they can decide what to do with it

This ring has to be destroyed and the place where this can be done is in Mordor

Elrond gathers 9 people to form the Fellowship The Fellowship heads to Mordor while being

followed by orcs and Gollum

Theme and Review Overcoming stereotypes in order to

make peace

The book was slow at first, but it became more interesting once they made it to Bree.