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At the beginning of The Hobbit, when Gandalf and Bilbo meet the first time, Bilbo says he doesn't remember his past meeting with Gandalf and only remembers him for his fireworks, but Gandalf talks like Bilbo is acting.
- Summary: Chapter 2
- Summary: Chapter 3
- Analysis: Chapters 2 & 3
Bilbo wakes up rather late the morning after Gandalf’s visit. He is surprised—and a little relieved—to see that the dwarves have left without him. He is just sitting down to a quiet breakfast when Gandalf enters and rushes him off to the Green Dragon Inn, in Bywater, where Thorin and the rest of the dwarves have been waiting to begin their journey....
As the company sets off the next morning, Gandalf explains that he has checked the road ahead up to the last safe stop along their way. This stop is Rivendell, a city of elves located just beyond the Edge of the Wild, near the foothills of the Misty Mountains, which the company will have to pass. As the company approaches Rivendell, a number of elv...
Bilbo’s impulsive bravery in the troll camp—including his burglarlike attempt to steal a money purse—begins his figurative transformation from an introvert to an adventurer. Though Bilbo is relieved when he thinks the dwarves have gone on without him, by the end of Chapter 2, he has already begun to prove Gandalf’s claim that there is more to Bilbo...
Dec 6, 2021 · There are actually a number of reasons that Gandalf chose Bilbo, and the first one had to do with Gandalf’s modus operandi. The Dwarves would have loved nothing more than a frontal assault on Smaug’s lair.
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- Arrival in Middle-earth. During the Third Age, while Sauron's 'dark spirit of malice' was increasing over Middle-earth, the Valar chose the Istari, missionaries from among the Maiar, to go to Middle-earth and help the peoples.
- Early vigilance. Around T.A. 1100, the Istari and the Eldar discovered that some evil entity resided at Dol Guldur in Mirkwood. Dark shapes moved in the forest and evil began to multiply in the woods.
- Quest for Erebor. Gandalf would visit the Shire occasionally and participate in the Midsummer-eve parties of the Old Took where he impressed young Hobbits with his fireworks, and his stories about Dragons, Goblins and princesses.
- Return of the Shadow. Despite the Council's hopes, Sauron was not weakened by this attack. He had foreseen the move that drove him from Mirkwood, and his retreat was but a feint.
Jan 20, 2022 · In the film adaptation by Peter Jackson, Galadriel asks Gandalf at their meeting “why the Halfling?” to which he explains that the small things in life make the most difference, “simple acts of...
Chapter 2. Bilbo wakes up late next morning to see that the dwarves have left. He begins to clean the mess they had created. Then, Gandalf appears and shows him the note left by the dwarves asking him to meet them at the inn a mile away. They also promise him one-fourteenth of the profits.
After Bilbo and Frodo recount their own experiences with the Ring, Gandalf rises to fill in the gap between the Ring's loss and its reappearance in Bilbo's possession. He explains how Gollum found the Ring, and that when he finally emerged to search for it, he found his way to Mordor, where he revealed the Ring's new bearer to Sauron.
