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The Hobbit: Chapter 10 A Warm Welcome

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08-12-2000

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 9:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This is the area to discuss Chapter 10 of The Hobbit, A Warm Welcome.

Laketown by JRRT

Laketown by JRR Tolkien


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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Timeline for this chapter:

September 22 - They company reaches Laketown just after sunset.

October 9 - The company departs from Laketown by boat.


It is established in the LOTRs that September 22 is Bilbo's birthday (and also Frodo's), though he makes no mention of it in the Hobbit.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 6:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My thoughts while reading this chapter:

I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I don't think building a wooden town out in the middle of a large lake is going to be very effective defense against a fire breathing dragon.

The Annotated Hobbit has an interesting note about the similiarities between Laketown and prehistoric lake villages of Europe many of them in Switzerland and in England.

Poor Bilbo, all these celebrations and merry making and he has a miserable cold. It's too bad he couldn't enjoy the time in Laketown more. Not sure what exactly was the point in giving him a cold. It doesn't really seem to affect the story at all.