Season 3 · Episode 2
The Lord of the Rings Book Club: Book II
Part 2 of our 7-Part LOTR Book Club
Tea with Tolkien · Tea with Tolkien
October 1, 2021
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Show Notes
: In this book, we see the formation and departure of the Fellowship of the
Ring. Finally, the quest has fully begun. While Frodo is willing to take
the burden of the Ring onto himself, he acknowledges that he doesn’t even
know where to begin in terms of getting it to Mordor. And Elrond
understands that he cannot go alone. However, he doesn’t send him forth
with a host of great warriors -- rather he sends him in a small group meant
to represent all the peoples of Middle-Earth, a group formed largely around
friendship! So we see the theme of Fellowship carrying through into Book
II. The life-saving, life-giving virtue of friendship…