The fellowship of the Ring
Book 1, Chapters 7-12 of the Fellowship of the Ring
The House of Bombadil to the Frodo of Bruinen
In the Fellowship of the Ring, Tom Bombadil remains a constant problem in Tolkien’s work and the scenario starts with…
At the House of Tom Bombadil, they get shelter and comfort after the heart-wrenching experience with the ancient Forest and with the Black Riders. When Frodo authorizes Bombadil to take the Ring, Tom causes it to disintegrate rather than go all over the place. Irritated, Frodo puts it on, but Tom remains impassive and tells him to stop playing.
Tom sends hobbits to the north near Barrow-downs, but they hurriedly misplace their way when fog circles around them. A creature catches Frodo, and he wakes up to find himself inside the huge tumulus as that Wight prep to kill his numb friends. Affrighted and hopeless Frodo uses unpredictable resources, attacks the wight, and sings a charm that Tom has given to them. Tom disrupts the tumulus and hands over each hobbit a knife from the tumulus area and takes the lead to get them safely on the road.
When they arrive at the Inn of The Prancing Pony, Frodo uses the name Underhill as a cover-up, en-using Gandalf’s advice. While enjoying themself in a separate room when Frodo inadvertently puts on the Ring and disappears in front of everyone. Strider the Ranger, who comes across to know Frodo who he is and what he is carrying, follows them back to their room, where he warns the hobbits that the Black Riders will soon hear about Frodo’s thrashing, and asks to accompany them as a desert guide.
While the hobbits are still thinking about his offer, intoxicated by his dirty look, Butterbur, the host, arrives with a letter from Gandalf that should have been sent weeks ago. In the letter Gandalf force Frodo to leave the Shire as soon as possible and points out Strider as a trusted friend. Merry just got in with the news that Black Riders are in town. So they decided not to sleep in their rooms that night.
That night, Black Riders concurrently strike Frodo’s house in Buckland and loot his inn room at Bree. In the dawn, the hobbits get to know that all the horses have been herded out of the stable. They arranged to buy a half-starved pony, to whom Sam straight away calls Bill, which they used to carry supplies, and they decided to set off with Strider. After their trek via marshlands and hills, they come to the ravaged Watchtower on Weathertop. Strider finds out that Gandalf might be there before them, but they aren’t sure about it.
That night, five Black Riders strike at their campground on the hillside. Frodo feels that something compelled him to put on the Ring upon the arrival of the Black Riders. He is unable to fight back against them and puts on the Ring, and afterward, he sees the Riders. The Ringwraiths appear to be men, attired and equipped with the Silver Knives seem they are prepared to strike on Frodo but he regains his strength, calls the name of Elbereth Gilthoniel, and strikes at their leader, but he poked in the shoulder. Struck by a fatal enchantment as well as the blade, But somehow he manages to take off the Rings before he faints.
Black Riders flee from there with the wounded Frodo. Strider treats the injury with a wild plant considered a weed having curing properties named athelas. Strider knows that they have to take Frodo to the Rivendell as soon as possible because the blade that injures Frodo has an evil enchantment that only Elrond can dispel, but they are far away from Rivendell and it takes two weeks to reach there, even though Frodo has taken to the pony but he continually becomes weaker every day.
At long last, they return to the Road, where they meet Glorfindel, an elf-lord sent to search for them. As they reach ‘the Ford of Bruinen ‘ that is located at the edge of Rivendell, five Riders come out to keep an eye on, while the other four try to clear out the way for Frodo to flee from there.
Frodo slightly past Ford before Nine. They call on his devotion, and he feels the pressure of their will against his own. However, he despises them, and they push their horses into the water. A magical flood is brewing in the Elrond area, and Frodo is watching as he carries passengers or falls into a coma.
Analysis
In the Fellowship of the Ring Tom Bombadil remains a constant problem in Tolkien’s work how does he resist the Ring thoroughly? We can’t even use the word ‘resist’ because Ring does not affect him soever. As an avatar of Nature, Tom is indifferent to the Ring’s allurement because it allure with, worldly domination (a world of nations and races who struggle for wealth or resources, or for peace to enjoy their land and culture), and Tom has no such worldly desires.
As Goldberry says, Tom does not own anything:
“The trees and the grasses and all things growing or living in the land belong each to themselves.”
Bombadil neither needs nor desires what the Ring has to offer, any more than a river would, and so it holds no force over him. His power is limited, however, and he cannot shelter the hobbits or protect them beyond the borders of his own country. The memory of his house, however, sustains Frodo on his journey.
The flight from Bree to Rivendell introduces another central character named Aragorn, Strider the Ranger. Regardless of his look, Strider carries tokens of his greatness, most obviously the broken sword that is representative of his ancestor’s grimy eminence.
In addition, as he helps the hobbits toward Rivendel, reviewers track down that he is learned, one and other ways of the wilderness and in ancient lore, and that he has an almost magical gift of performing extraordinary things healing. Not unlike the hobbits, who are ordinary folk asked to perform extraordinary things, Strider presents another kind of hero that we called as the hero of an epic story.
Click on the link below to get the full summary of the “Lord of the Rings”.
Analysis
In the Fellowship of the Ring Tom Bombadil remains a constant problem in Tolkien’s work, how does he resist the Ring thoroughly? We can’t even use the word ‘resist’ because Ring does not affect him soever. As an avatar of Nature, Tom is indifferent to the Ring’s allurement because it allure with, worldly domination (a world of nations and races who struggle for wealth or resources, or for peace to enjoy their land and culture), and Tom has no such worldly desires.
As Goldberry says, Tom does not own anything:
“The trees and the grasses and all things growing or living in the land belong each to themselves.”
Bombadil neither needs nor desires what the Ring has to offer, any more than a river would, and so it holds no force over him. His power is limited, however, and he cannot shelter the hobbits or protect them beyond the borders of his own country. The memory of his house, however, sustains Frodo on his journey.
The flight from Bree to Rivendell introduces another central character named Aragorn, Strider the Ranger. Regardless of his look, Strider carries tokens of his greatness, most obviously the broken sword that is representative of his ancestor’s grimy eminence.
In addition, as he helps the hobbits toward Rivendel, reviewers track down that he is learned, one and other ways of the wilderness and in ancient lore, and that he has an almost magical gift of performing extraordinary things healing. Not unlike the hobbits, who are ordinary folk asked to perform extraordinary things, Strider presents another kind of hero that we called as the hero of an epic story.
Click on the link below to get the full summary of the “Lord of the Rings”.
