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Kenneth
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Magnus
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| Yeah, I think the carrock is just a big rock of some sort. According to Wikipedia, this is also a bit of a linguistical joke on Tolkiens part, as car in Anglo-Saxon actually means rock. |
What I find makes this book stand somewhat out from a lot of other fantasy books, is
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| how closely linked the characters and their environment are. Wherever they go, the characters immediately take on the feel of the area they're in, which gives a sense of completion when it comes to the atmosphere of the story. |
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| At this point, the style changes dramatically, it is more like sagas and other scandinavian legends thus it looks like Silmarillion or LOTR. In the first parts, we can imagine that the narrator is very close to Bilbo; or Bilbo itself (with a sort of self-derision). It's no more possible in the ending. |
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| I think the narration stays pretty close to Bilbo, with the exception of the battle of the five armies of course. Both before and after the battle, the narration is not that different from earlier in the book, I find. |
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| Second, did you notice it's exactly the same story scheme than LOTR? |
Indeed, I too found that the overall scheme of the storie are quite similar, though of course the context is very different.
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Bruno
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| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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*Bruno starts to think that maybe a moon is too long a period for each book...
Okay, who finished reading? What did you guys think? 
Any nice articles you could link us to, or interpretations?
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Sandra
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| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| *Bruno starts to think that maybe a moon is too long a period for each book... |
Neuh.. I only just started because I only have the book since yesterday. (but I do have it now 2 times  one in English and on in Dutch) Well this one will stay until the next moon begins anyway, I think. Maybe we should make a poll for the next round earlier. Is already decided who is going to host it? (I know that's the other tread)
Anyway I haven't finished reading yet, only the first chapter.
Sorry for the bit later reaction for this, but I wanted to say something about this.
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Ive gotten meself a copy from the library , its old and the translation somewhat annoys me (orc=Tusse  ) |
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| Orc =Bergtroll , tusse eller troll ! |
I have an English book and a Dutch one. The Dutch one uses most of the time Aardman; it is explained in the introduction. That's because Orc (actually Ork) isn't a Dutch word.
In my English version they say Orc is usually translated with goblin (or hobgoblin for the larger kinds) Sometimes Orc will stand in the book, but most of the time goblin.
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Qu
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| Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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i'm still at chapter 3 
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Bruno
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Yay, the two angels are reading the book! 
We'll appreciate a lot to read your thoughts on the book.
And since you two are still on the beggining... I suppose a moon really is a nice period of time, as long as the thread has moments of activity all throughou the moon. Lets see if it comes back to life now
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Magnus
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I like the conversation that Bilbo has with Smaug and all the mystic speak  I like riddles and so |
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Fadem
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Lol! I happen to be reading "The Hobbit" for my english assignment... Well, at least I'm trying to read it ><
*procrastinating*
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Bruno
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| Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Haha, then now you have a place to ask for help on your assignments!
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Linko_16
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| Help with English assignments, you say? How about we read "I Know Why Caged Birds Sing" next?
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Bruno
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| Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| Never heard of it.
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Sandra
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Lol! I happen to be reading "The Hobbit" for my english assignment... Well, at least I'm trying to read it ><
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I'm reading it because of LD4all for my english assignment =P I actually wanted to read another book for my english assignment, but in the end I didn't. I read them anyway ^^
I'm by chapter IV (or maybe III) I'll read soon the rest of the book ^^
I actually don't really like the style Tolkien writes in. I already tried to read LOTR before, but I couldn't come into the book. The story is nice (way to detailed for me) but it is nice. I do like the story in The Hobbit too, but it's the style I don't like. I have the book in English and Dutch. I read the first chapter in Dutch and English and I don't like the style in both the books. So it's not that the language is a problem.
The style is also one of the reasons I'm procrastinating. Some books you just read fast, because the style of writing is good. Some crappy story lines can read good because of the style of writing. And something in this book doesn't make me want to read further and further. Am I the only one who thinks this way about the hobbit/Tolkien?
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