A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of Maeglin’, Chapter 16 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts If you’re looking for a tragic + gripping tale, just turn to Chapter 16 of The Silmarillion. In it we first meet Aredhel, the sister of Turgon. She grew restless of Gondolin and left against her brother’s wishes. But she gets lost along the way, only to…
A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of the Noldor in Beleriand’, Chapter 15 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts This chapter is a shorter one in The Silmarillion, and there’s not a whole lot of action. But there is the building of the city of Gondolin, which sounds like a pretty amazing place (with some beautiful sights to see!). There are a number…
A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of Beleriand and its Realms’, Chapter 14 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts Chapter 14 of the Silmarillion is known for being a tough one. When a chapter basically describes a map, it’s not going to be the easiest read. My best piece of advice is to read this chapter with a map of Beleriand in front…
A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of the Return of the Noldor’, Chapter 13 in The Silmarillion. It’s a longer chapter, so I share 20 tidbits and 10 quotes this time! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts Chapter 13 of The Silmarillion is filled with dramatic scenes. There’s the fiery death of Fëanor, after he’s brought down by the Lord of Balrogs himself. Fëanor’s son Maedhros gets captures by Morgoth and hung up on a cliff, and then saved by Fingon,…
A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of Men’, Chapter 12 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts In Chapter 12 of The Silmarillion, Men finally arrive in Middle-Earth! We learn the names Elves had for Men – including the Avari meaning the Second People, and my personal favorite, the Sickly. We also read about the differences between Elves and Men, cause there’s a lot….
A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor’, Chapter 11 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts I know I say this almost every single chapter – but this one really is another fav! I mean, when a chapter is all about the making of the Sun and the Moon, how could it be anything but…
A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of the Sindar’, Chapter 10 in The Silmarillion. As usual, I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts This is another one of my favorite chapters in The Silmarillion. It has a similar feel to the fairy tale quality of Chapter 4, which makes sense since both are about Melian and Thingol. Chapter 10 gives us more information about what these two have been…
A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of the Flight of the Noldor’, Chapter 9 in The Silmarillion. This time I’m sharing double the tidbits and quotes, because there’s so much to cover! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts After the darkness brought on from Chapter 8 and the destroying of the light in Valinor, one might hope Chapter 9 would be a bit more optimistic. Well, I’m sorry to say it’s not. The Silmarillion is full of tragedy and sorrow, and…
A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of the Darkening of Valinor’, Chapter 8 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts Chapter 8 is an incredibly sad chapter – as you might have guessed from the title. But it’s also one of the most descriptive, in my opinion, and the dark descriptions of Ungoliant and how she and Melkor (spoiler alert!) destroy the Trees of…
A breakdown of Tolkien’s ‘Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor’, Chapter 7 in The Silmarillion. As usual I share a mini summary with my thoughts, 10 tidbits and 5 quotes! A Mini Summary and Some Personal Thoughts In this chapter we get to the making of the Silmarils! Which is very exciting. We learn about who made them, what they’re made of, and how people felt about them. But of course there’s also a lot of drama,…