Dialectical Journal For The Hobbit

Chapter 2 Bilbo wakes up late the morning after Gandalf’s visit. He is a little relieved to see the dwarves had left without him. He had just plopped down to have a nice breakfast when Gandalf arrives and urgencies him off to the Green Dragon Inn where Thorin, and the rest of the dwarves have been waiting for Bilbo. They head east on the path with Bilbo already sulking about having to leave his wonderful hobbit hole without making preparations. It begins to rain and by the time dusk approaches the whole company is tired, hungry, and annoyed at Gandalf’s disappearance earlier that day. Suddenly they see the light which seems to be of a fire in the distance. They move closer to investigate it, and Bilbo is sent ahead in his primary mission as burglar. As he approaches a glade in the woods Bilbo sees three enormous trolls squatting around a fire feasting upon mutton. Bilbo tries to steal one of the troll’s money purses, but they hear a noise and seize him. Trolls will eat almost anything, but they are also irritable and not very smart. They proceed fight about how to interrogate Bilbo.
The commotion attracts the dwarves who come to the clearing one at a time. The trolls stop fighting just long enough to hide amongst the trees and throw a sack over each dwarf. Soon they have everyone

If Gollum’s riddle stumps Bilbo he will devour Bilbo, but if Bilbo’s stumps Gollum Gollum will show Bilbo the way out. Bilbo must agree, and they begin asking each other riddles. In the end Bilbo wins through a bit of trickery and of a mistake. Referring to the ring he had found he asks to himself, “What have I got in my pocket?” and Gollum says he must receive three guesses, but still cannot guess the right answer. Gollum does not intend to let his meal get away so easily. He goes to his island in the lake to get his precious, golden, ring that makes its wearer invisible the very ring that Bilbo had