Eileen’s Comments (group member since Dec 06, 2017)

Eileen’s comments from the J.R.R. Tolkien Epic Reads group.

Also a ranger who was in Gondor in his youth. Aragorn may have learned the tradition for their fallen warriors during his time there. So the poem for Boromir being made up so quickly could also stem from that.

VII: Homeward Bound
VIII: The Scouring of the Shire
IX: The Grey Havens

III: Mount Doom
IV: The Field of Cormallen
V: The Steward and The King
VI: Many Partings

Book 5:
VX: The Last Debate
X: The Black Gate Opens

Book 6:
I: The Tower of Cirith Ungol
II: The Land of Shadow

V: The Ride of the Rohirrim
VI: The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
VII: The Pyre of Denethor
VIII: The Houses of Healing

Finally getting to this, well here we go. The beginning of the topic discussion for Return of the King (Originally Penned as The War of the Ring)

I: Minas Tirith
II: The Passing of the Grey Company
III: The Muster of Rohan
IV: The Siege of Gondor

Also if you remember in two towers, both film and book, when Gandalf returns he says he has come back until his task is done. So and maybe I'm just reaching, but I honestly think that that's another example of a higher power dipping its hand in the events.

They, either Iluvatar or the Valar, knew that the remains of the Fellowship would need his knowledge and experience (being one of the Miar) to go forth in events to come.

Yeah. I remember this part in RotK where Aragon just walked into Minas Tirith the way a king would and that was that. He didn't even have a moment of hesitation before doing so in the book. Whereas I think he would've in the film if that moment had made it in.

Well Mary, you can thank a last minute replacement for that reason.

Chapter 6: The Forbidden Pool

Chapter 7: Journey to the Cross-Roads

Chapter 8: The Stairs of Cirith Ungol

Chapter 9: Shelob's Lair

Chapter 10: The Choices of Master Samwise

Yes I had to put five for this topic as I didn't want to create another one for a single chapter.

Chapter 2: The Passage of the Marshes

Chapter 3: The Black Gate is Closed

Chapter 4: Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit

Chapter 5: The Window of the West

Chapter 9: Flotsam and Jetsam

Chapter 10: The Voice of Saruman

Chapter 11: The Palantir

Book 4; Chapter 1: The Taming of Smeagol

Chapter 5: The White Rider

Chapter 6: The King of the Golden Hall

Chapter 7: Helm's Deep

Chapter 8: The Road to Isenguard

Well I'm going to start working on the rest of this stuff, mostly out of sheer boredom.

Chapter 1: The Departure of Boromir

Chapter 2: The Riders of Rohan

Chapter 3: The Uruk-hai

Chapter 4: Treebeard

Doesn't always work though. But you try.

Exactly James. But I try to pretend.

Very true Tara and I wish the same as well. I saw the films about a year before I read the book(s) so it kind of robbed me a bit. As for your question, sadly my option is not there. Though they already appeared in the book and will again very shortly.

I can understand the Hobbits cautiousness of him because at first glance he does look frightening to say the least (though maybe not so much the case with Viggo in the films) but underneath it all he's not too bad by the end of book one. Yes again I read ahead because of my nephews. As for Butterbur...the man needs a sticky note system.

Okay, well, up quicker than I thought it was going to be. Anyway, last three chapters of FotR.

VIII: Farewell to Lorien

IX: The Great River

X: The Breaking of the Fellowship

Okay another one up. I'll try to finish off the topics for FotR either today or tomorrow, depending on how much peace and quiet I get between now and that point in time when they're all up. Also I'm sorry in advance for any missing accents from here on out, my computer doesn't like them very much. LOL. :)

Chapters for book II as followed:

IV: A Journey in the Dark

V: The Bridge of Khazad-dum

VI: LothLorien

VII: The Mirror of Galadriel