After Party, Gandolf returns

Who: Jack, Kate, + David

What: 1,403

Where: Jack’s Room

When: ~30 minutes

Why:

1. What is Gandolf’s last name?
2. Why is Gandolf so old?
3. Why is the script Elvish and not Elven?
4. What is Frodo’s last name?
5. How does one become a lore-master?
6. In the movie, why are merry and Pippen there?

How: I sat in a Jack’s Desk chair with Kate in the Trundle and Jack on his bed. After a while, I grew uncomfortable and moved to Jack’s bed where I promptly fell asleep–we did not read as much as we needed to. Before we started to read Kate did work on our reading log–she tore out pages mostly to remove some old writing that she had done and tried to replace the text from yesterdays reading + our title page.

The post birthday party fall out was great–Bilbo’s notes were reflective of the rings changing his attitude towards others + creating resentments. The conflict of ownership was reflected–“if you find it, it is yours”. “For he gave it up in the end of his own accord: an important point”. “I could not take it from him without doing greater harm”

“Thin and stretched he said A sign that the ring was getting control.”

“hobbit-lore: and obscure branch of knowledge”–Gandolf specializes in this. Saruman specializes in the Lore of Elven-rings–“seeking the secrets of their making”.

“the lies were too much alike for my comfort”

The one ring poem. Our first look at Elvish.

The word of the Day was hitherto