Favorite Chapters

[hectorberlioz]

so what are your favorite chapters out of all three books?

i like...
Shadow of the Past
Flight to the Ford
and...
Scouring of the Shire.

[Arien the Maia]

My favorite chapters are: The Old Forest, In the House of Tom Bombadil, Fog on the Barrow Downs, Lothlorien, The Houses of Healing, The Gray Havens,

[brownjenkins]

that's funny... my first thoughts were also shadow of the past (the first real history stuff we hear in the series) and flight to the ford (great action chapter)... a knife in the dark is pretty good for the action/drama too

if i was to add a third it would be the bridge at khazad dum where we get to see gandalf play the true wizard... the whole moria sequence has always been among my favorites

[Bombadillo]

The Muster of Rohan
The Voice of Saruman
The Houses of Healing
THe Steward and the King
The Pyre of Denethor

I really like RotK!

[Turgon_Turambar]

Balins tomb
Bridge of Khazud-dum
Helms deep
Pelonnor field

[Starr Polish]

Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
The Choices of Master Samwise
The House of Healing
The Gray Havens

[Almie]

My definite favourite of them all:
The Choices of Master Samwise

[Elvedans]

The Council of Elrond
Lothlorien
The King of the Golden Hall
The Muster of Rohan
The Pelennor field

[BeardofPants]

Too many to list!! I love all the old forest stuff, as well as barrowdowns, and the scouring, the choices of Master Samwise, all the Ithilien sequences.... *hopeless look* I couldn't hope to narrow it down to chapters... sorry.

[cassiopeia]

A Long-expected Party
The Shadow of the Past
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
The Choices of Master Samwise
Shelob's Lair
The Tower of Cirith Ungol
The Grey Havens

Those are my favourites, but I really love every word!

[Shadowfax]

I have many favourites:

The Shadow of the Past
Flight to the Ford
The Council of Elrond
Lothlorien
The Mirror of Galadriel
Farewell to Lorien
The King of the Golden Hall
The Voice of Saruman
The Choices of Master Samwise
The Passing of the Grey Company
The Houses of Healing
The Grey Havens

[Goldberry1]

i have to choose my favorites?

hmm, all right:

The Old Forest
In the House of Tom Bombadil
The Council of Elrond
The King of the Golden Hall
The Choices of Master Samwise
The Houses of Healing
The Scouring of the Shire

ooh, and many more but if i had my way i'd list them all!

[Tuor of Gondolin]

An exhaustive list would be rather extensive, so:

1--- The Shadow of the Past and The Council of Elrond are "grabbers" that involve you in the story plot and history of middle-earth. I would imagine if they don't interest you you'd quit the story.
2--- The Ride of the Rohirrim (prose poetry, has to be read aloud). You can almost feel the energy of Theoden and the groung shaking at the Charge of the Rohirrim. (And what happened in the movie to their music? "...then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City."
3--- Flight to the Ford. I believe I still thought of elves as those irritating leprechauns or Keebler Elves until I read:

'You shall ride my horse,' said Glorfindel. 'I will shorten the stirrups up to the saddle-skirts, and you must sit as tight as you can.'

Since hobbits are approximately half the size of humans and Glorfindel has to shorten the stirrups for Frodo to ride, ergo elves must be about human in size. It would seem, like JRRT, I was effected by traditional conceptions of elves. Aside from Beren/Luthien, Arwen/Aragorn, etc. unions, the interrelationships of the Children of Iluvatar are a core of Middle-earth history. [Shudders at the picture of a bunch of Keebler Elves invading Beleriand to attack Morgoth!]. And I disagree with Tolkien's regret about using the word "Elves", since an invented word for the Elder wouldn't have the effect "elves" has.

(From "Letters" # 151)

Also I now deeply regret having used Elves, though this is a word in ancestry and original meaning suitable enough. But the disastrous debasement of this word, in which Shakespeare played an unforgiveable part, has really overloaded it with regrettable tones, which are too much to overcome.

[mithrand1r]

Although it is difficult to narrow down:

Top 6 (Not necessarily in any particular order)

A Long-expected Party
The Shadow of the Past
Flight to the Ford
Many Meetings
Council of Elrond
Scouring of the Shire

(Merry Christmas to all and Have a Happy New Year!)

[mithrand1r]

Originally posted by Tuor of Gondolin
An exhaustive list would be rather extensive, so:

1--- The Shadow of the Past and The Council of Elrond are "grabbers" that involve you in the story plot and history of middle-earth. I would imagine if they don't interest you you'd quit the story.

. . .

(From "Letters" # 151)

Tuor of Gondolin,

Thanks for putting into words some of the reasons I enjoy The Shadow of the Past and The Council of Elrond so much.

[samwiselvr2008]

My favorite chapter is The Chouses of Master Samwise