Fellowship Of The Ring In The Hobbit

Tolkien has the knack for his incredible world building, seen very clearly in the stories he writes, Fellowship of the ring, and The Hobbit are only two of the many stories that show this proficiency of skill. In the fellowship of the ring, Tolkien uses many different methods to grab the reader and throw them into more than just the story, but to be surrounded by the world. I will be talking about 3 may methods Tolkien had used in the fellowship of the ring. Starting off with, inside the cover of the book I found an entire map of where the story took place, this allowed me to find my bearings when he referred to somewhere or something. Then all the characters spoke as if they were living in life not living in a story. Nicknames, slang, towns
After reading the first section of the book, where the setting is the shire, I noticed that it felt expansive but once Gandalf came and opened the door to the scale of the outside world, it felt jarring and I referred back to the map. The shire is very small in comparison to the rest of the world, contrasting the previous feeling I had where it felt large. Throughout the story Frodo recited poems from ole’ Bilbo Baggins, these helped him on his trek down the long roads and through the dark and dank
Frodo waited years upon years before beginning his journey, instead of just jumping right to the travels he goes into a bit more detail about Sam and Frodo and who he is. This allowed for the reading to make connections far more organically. Another example is, Gandalf and Frodo were in the house, Gandalf had mentioned he was off to learn more about what is happening and that he would catch up to Frodo or send word. The important part of this is that he may have to send word, the word is large enough that he may not be able to travel fast enough himself, similar to the mail system we have implemented today in life, we can make subconscious connections to these reasons further connecting us into the