The Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Ring

Read: 3.5 hours
Pages 160-274

After escaping the enchanted forest, Frodo and his company make it to the village called Bree. At the inn, The Prancing Pony, The four hobbits meet Strider. Strider was never very well liked in Bree, he was one of the Dunadan, very quiet and strange characters. Frodo then gets a letter from Gandalf saying that Strider is a friend, and must be trusted.

Early in the morning, the hobbits and Strider quietly slip out of Bree, so they can avoid the Servants of evil. They must stay off the road to stay unseen, which proves to be very difficult for the hobbits to keep up with Strider.

One night, they get to Weathertop, an abandoned and broken old watchtower. The company rests there, hoping not to be seen. Unfortanately, they are attacked by the black riders, and Frodo is stabbed by a poisonous blade. After they fight off the black riders, they must hurry to Rivindell if they want to save Frodo. (Rivindell is a city of the elves.)

Frodo never would have made it if Glorfindel the elven prince had not shown up to help them. Glorfindel put Frodo on his horse, and the horse ran Frodo to Rivindell. Right before they were going to enter the Ford, the Black riders are right behind him. But when the evil horsemen try to follow Frodo across the river, a flood comes and kills all of the Black rider's horses. Frodo then makes it to Rivindell.

When he recovers, Frodo goes to a counsel of mighty people talking about what they need to do with the ring. It is decided that the ring must be taken to Mordor, the only place where the evil ring can be unmade. Frodo volunteers to bear the ring to Mordor, again leaving safety and going out on a journey with little chance of success.

The past week I've been sick, and The Fellowship of the Ring makes getting sick sort of fun. You also get out of school, but I shouldn't talk about that. Really, I'm already planning on reading this whole trilogy. I want to get to the next one as soon as possible, because it always had the coolest movie.