The First Great Tolkien Epic - Analyzing the Greatest Fairy-Story Ever Written: The Troll Incident & The Looseness of the Narrative

Gotta troll you somehow but dunno how

The story of the Hobbit continues in Chapter 2 with Bilbo Baggins, at last catching up to the Dwarves. This part for those who have read the novel is one which usually inspires a great deal of amusement, and no one can judge readers for feeling this way. The reason being that Baggins is way in over his head and is more distressed at the loss of a bolt o…