The Setting Of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Travel through the setting of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

The settings in this book changed many times from the hills of the Shire, where the hobbits live, to the deep darkness of the mines of Moria. The book takes place in Middle Earth, which is described by Tolkien as a mysterious place that is full of good and evil. The way Tolkien described each place is amazing and it is as if you were looking at a picture and copying it down into your head.

The Shire is a peaceful place that is full of little people that are known as hobbits. The hobbits are friendly folk who don't pay attention to the outside world. They live in little holes dug in the sides of hills. The hobbits have large gardens of, pipe weed, corn, and their favorite, potatoes. The hobbits are used to their everyday life, and are very content with the lack of adventure. Most do not travel farther then Bree, Bree is a small town where the "Halflings" live together.

The Forest of Lothorien is where the elves live in peace, hidden for the evil not far off. The forest is very magical and full of beautiful trees. The trees were described to have silver bark and rich golden leaves. These were the homes of the elves that had built platforms in the center of the trees, like tree houses. In Lothorien the weather is always as if it were a warm spring day even in the dead of winter. Lothorien is unaffected by time, as if the days just repeat them selves but the people go on with their lives.

Darkness, silence, emptiness describes the Mines of Moria. The mines cut through the Misty Mountains, and connect the fields of Rohan to the forest of Lothorien. The dwarfs, while in a war with the Orcs, who worked for Saruman, abandoned the mines. There were many passages that were crafted by the dwarves to mines and lookouts but only one-way out. The Door