Does that rings that Bilbo Baggins finds in the 4th chapter in The Hobbit have anything to do with why The Lord of the Rings has the word "rings" in it?
2007-03-04 10:48:14 · 17 answers · asked by hellomynameisrickb 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Ring (that's capitalized for a reason, mind you) that Bilbo finds in "The Hobbit" has everything to do with Lord of the Rings! It is The One Ring that was forged by Sauron in the Sammath Naur (aka the Cracks of Doom) and that Isildur cut from his hand, which then fell into the Great River, the Anduin, by the Gladden Fields. Smeagol/Gollum then got it after killing Deagol, and The Ring eventually "was found" by Bilbo, although it found him, to some extent.
"The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" are separate stories, meaning you can read one and still understand it without reading the other, but each does shed light on the other.
BTW: "The lord of the Rings" is Sauron. This was mentioned in "Fellowship of the Ring", although, curiously, it was never mentioned in any of the movies.
2007-03-04 11:35:48 · answer #1 · answered by Michaela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ring that Bilbo finds has everything to do with the Lord of the Rings. That ring is the whole reason Frodo sets out to destroy the ring. If you read The Hobbit, you have to read the Lord of the Rings.
2007-03-04 18:55:15 · answer #2 · answered by Fast boy + sexy boy + doglover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Bilbo's ring turns out to be the One Ring that must be destroyed in The Lord of the Rings. In The Lord of the Rings, there is a poem about the rings:
"Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie."
2007-03-04 20:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by tkron31 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider the "Lord Of the Rings" as a sequel to the "Hobbit". That is how the ring starts off in the Hobbit's village.
2007-03-04 18:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by avivafae 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gee... I don't know!!! Yes! What did you think? The Hobbit happens before The Lord of the Rings. I have not read this book, and I even know. The books are by the same author.
2007-03-04 19:21:13 · answer #5 · answered by Remus Lupin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep the hobbit is to do with how the ring came about in the first place. It gives more inside information before you go on th Lord of the Rings.
2007-03-04 18:54:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
umm, yeah! The ring that Bilbo finds is one of the rings in the title Lord of the Rings. Technically, the ring itself IS the Lord of the Rings because it is the "one ring to rule them all"
2007-03-04 18:53:47 · answer #7 · answered by Kali 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The ring Bilbo finds/ takes from Gollum is the same ring that Frodo destroys at the end in Mount Doom.
2007-03-04 18:52:07 · answer #8 · answered by drivershunnyhunny 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is the Ring that binds all of the Lord of the Rings stories.
2007-03-04 19:04:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read the Hobbit in 4th grade - 4 years ago so I dont remeber much but im sure that the ring is one of the seven (?) original rings...idk - its been way to long. But im sre it does have to do with the "RIngs" - Frodo destroys it in the last book though
2007-03-04 18:52:36 · answer #10 · answered by Brooke 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋