Book Review, The Lord of the Rings: Volume 1- Chapter 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien
Spectrum, I’m not going to be dragged into stupid. This book doesn’t have to rhyme each and every single instance of poetry to please you. There’s heart, work, and dedication to this piece, not everything has to rhyme according to your redundancy. Let me guess more about this chapter to get at its tension between different individuals written into what’s considered to be a book of books: The Lord of the Rings. Bilbo turns out to be an author who expresses so much on his travels related to creatures of Middle-Earth and other places of renown. As each poem combines mixtures of sounds there’s more to rhyme in a world other than greed for such a technique typical to the world of poetry; you know? I’ve run into people like this. Here’s our conversation:
Idiot: “This poem doesn’t rhyme. It’d be so much better if it rhymed.”
Alex: “Ah, shut up!”
Besides rhyming poems included in Chapter 1 you’ll also find gems just in the narrative. Mountains, as they are called to a hobbit’s reason for peace in the face of danger, correlate with other forms of nature apparent in the fantasy: wizards, flowers, plants with funny names, trolls, elves, secretive dwarves, and more. Chapter 1 doesn’t necessarily contain every aspect found in the book but there’s more to see later; besides, I’m finding the party celebration as thrilling for what’s suggested through vivid imagery in words like songs and mournings. Don’t argue with me on classics unless there’s truth to the tongue. I hate it when some guy tells me that he has read the book over 50 times and can’t figure out how the movies haven’t held up to the book. To me, this is a case for interest as opposed to unnecessary simplicity. For a work of poetry like Lord of the Rings I find beauty not only enhanced by repeated words but also transformed into dreamlike freshness and good judgement that marks Tolkien’s subtle, light narrative. You know how fans of poetry can be such liars on classic authors? They’ll express false statements without feeling neglected on hearing false statements from others. I’m not like this. I’m down-to-earth, dreamy, specific. Modern society has been made into a bunch of wimps who can’t take Tolkien’s poetry without feeling the delusional need to reduce him to their retarded way of perceiving our world. My suggestion for future movie directors is for them to appeal to each and every page on each chapter in Lord of the Rings, determine all details (no stone unturned), and have cameramen film what’s written, literally, word by word, in the book. Of course I’m being sarcastic. Chapter 1 is just as mythological as it is literal. Bilbo will surprise you with his disappearance across from other hobbits reckoning on his lack of importance until the meal digests for another bite on the path to alluring stillness. Hobbits most certainly can be lazy.
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