Journal 1

Entry 1

I’ve now read the first half dozen chapters of Fellowship of the Ring. So far the story has introduced the Shire where Bilbo and Frodo live. The story has also introduced Gandalf, Sam, and several other characters that don’t seem important yet.  I can tell that the story is going to revolve around Frodo and perhaps Sam.
The Shire has many trees. The main characters live in hobbit holes in this forest. It seems to be a peaceful place. The main characters seem to like living in the Shire, but Frodo wants to have an adventure somewhere else for a little bit. He’d be happy to come back home to the Shire after a little bit of adventure.
So far no hints of any enemies or anything bad going to happen to the main characters.
Bilbo has The Ring. To know where this ring came from, you’d have to read The Hobbit first, which I have, so I already know why The Ring is important. Bilbo leaves the ring with Frodo and stays out of the story for the time being. Frodo and Gandalf are talking about the ring because Gandalf knows that The Ring is evil and it needs to be destroyed. Sam is eavesdropping on this conversation, so Gandalf sends both Frodo and Sam off to destroy the ring. The only way to destroy the ring is to throw it into the cracks of doom. Otherwise, the story would be over right away because it should be easy to destroy any ordinary ring.