ch 9 & 10

In chapter 9, the rest of the group, just like Thorin, is kidnapped by the elves. Because the ring makes Bilbo invisable, he sneaks past all the elves and gets all his buddies out of the dungeon by hiding them in barrels. In chapter 10, they flow down the river toward Laketown. When they reach Laketown, Bilbo frees everyone from the barrels. Thorin feels as if he serves a new purpose and tells the king that he is a desendant of the king under the mountain and says that he wants his thrown back and the town celebrates and treats all of the dwarfs as if they were royal.

I disliked chapter 9 because I think that the elves should mind there own buisness rather than imprisoning the dwarfs just for passing by their forest or whatever. It seems like there are too many people in this book who are antisocial that live in caves or forests away from everyone else. I think that rather than going through the forest, the group of dwarfs should go through the city where people are more social and welcoming and spiders and goblins don't come out of nowhere waiting to kill you.

I liked chapter 10 because this is when the dwarfs first encounter humans (or a better way to say this, something that actually exists in the real world). Honestly, I'm not much of a fan of sci-fi. I just thought taking this class would be an easy "A" because I thought we would be watching more movies than reading books.