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Saturday, July 31, 2010

100 CUPBOARDS


Hello everybody..
Assalamualaikum and salam 1 world ..
How are you ? We hope you all in pink of heart..hopes that you all still with us for this week. How about the comment last week ? is it enjoyable? perhaps you will enjoy and always happy with the comment in our blog.For this time we will create comment about an interesting novel, " 100 cupboards" writing by N.D. Wilson. This novel are full of fantasy adventure. We know that the reader mostly like to read imagination story. So that's why our team choose this novel for this week.As usually,all story have the main character.So the hero in this novel is Henry,who was stayed with his relative,Uncle Frank and Aunt Dorothy with their three daughter because his parent was kidnapped in a journey.We also will sad if it was happen to our self,same like Henry.But he always keep trying to throw out the feeling.From this,we respect to Henry because his show he is a strong boy.This novel tells us that in his uncle house have a lot of door but one of it cannot be open.That's makes a question in Henry mind.From this situation,we can understand that Henry is a person that's like to explore about the mystery behind the door.This story become more interesting after the puzzle in Henry mind being solve.Actually,it have 99 different cupboards inside that room,and another one are inside Henry room.Most of experience that Henry had during his attempt to discover about the cupboard.The cupboards that not only just a normal cupboard but they are the portals to another world.We can learn that the experience teach us to be more mature and thinking out of the box.The end of this novel make a surprise to us after we know that Henry is a adoption.His grandfather always remind to his uncle that he had found him on the porch but Henry coming through the cupboard.This is something that unbelievable and very high fantasy. That's enough for this week.Hope you all understand what we want to share with you. To all reader,don't forget to comment our blog so we can improve our blog even more better than before.Don't miss to read our comment for next week.We promise to provide more interesting and exciting novel.... before we stopped writing, we want to say thanks a lot because always support and read our blog.. wait for our comment next week...bye..:-)

Friday, July 23, 2010

The Day The Ceiling Fell Down

Hi everyone!!
We hope you all will be enjoy with our comments last week. For this week , we'll comments the story about a novel of The Day The Ceiling Fell Down. This story very interesting to read especially to those that love investigating story. It about three children Louisa, Rose and Japhet return to their home to find a tramp in the kitchen. Then the ceiling fallen down in the Louisa bedroom. It was a big hole.They work together to find the motive , why it happen. Mostly it happen in the way to try to find why the ceiling was falling down. This story sometimes are funny and not very serious story. Louisa and Japhet sometimes argue and Rose was the youngest in the family are very indulgent. They are never separate and give up to solve their problem. The think Mr. Glover the owner , Mr. Gilling and poor old captain do its. But they not do the greedy decided,they think first and everyone give their opinion about that. As a result all the suspects are not guilty. This story also more interesting because Louisa as a youth, she felt lightly different towards to Gillingses. But when they told her a bit of local gossip, she feel so funny. This story give experience and knowledge to us on top what they through. Finally, they see the man's tool to repair the ceiling fell down . In the end the problem was settled. Every one was happy and they will not forget all this experiences since the day the ceiling was fell down..........................
Thats our comment for this week. Thanks for read our blogs. Wait for our comment next time.It will be more interesting than before. We hope so... :-)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

A Tiger For Malagu( R.K Narayan)

Base of the novel that our team had read for this week about a novel of a tiger that want to share a story by make a book about itself. This novel tell us about a inteligent tiger that always thinking about its life and compare its life with other creature like human and animal such as lion , rabbit , muse and other. Sometimes they are funny moment in this novel. Like when it talk about lion as a king of the forest and a rabbit that so scared when it pass through them. Not only that it also describe about the life of animal that want a freedom, that live in cage and the life of tiger that live freely moving in the jungle. Besides that in this story it also tell us about a group of human that do a ritual only to prevent themselves from be eaten by tiger. Our team like this novel because it have many exciting moment like when the tiger tell a story about tiger from other forest attacking human . It can tell us the different between the tiger from local and others. Only that can our team comment for this week. If you want keep in touch with our blog every week because we prepare the best novel for you all.. tq.. :-)

Friday, July 9, 2010

The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship Of The Rings Book One

The Fellowship of the Ring
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1st edition
AuthorJ. R. R. Tolkien
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Fantasy
PublisherGeorge Allen & Unwin[1]
Publication dateJuly 24, 1954
Media typePrint (Hardback andPaperback)

Title and Publication

Tolkien conceived of The Lord of the Rings as a multiple volume with six sections he called "books" along with extensive appendices. The original publisher made the decision to split the work into three parts. It was also the publisher's decision to place the fifth and sixth books and the appendices into one volume under the title The Return of the King, in reference to Aragorn's assumption of the throne of Gondor. Tolkien indicated he would have preferred The War of the Ringas a title, as it gave away less of the story.

Before the decision to publish The Lord of the Rings in three volumes was made, Tolkien had hoped to publish the novel in one volume, or combined with The Silmarillion. At this stage he planned to title the individual books. The proposed title for Book I was The First Journey or The Ring Sets Out. Book II was titled The Journey of the Nine Companions or The Ring Goes South. The titles The Ring Sets Out and The Ring Goes South were used in the Millenium edition.

Member Of The Fellowship Of The Ring

MemberRace
Frodo BagginsHobbitHeir of Bilbo and Ring-Bearer. He is 50 years old as he leaves on his quest to Rivendell.
Samwise Gamgee (Sam)HobbitFrodo's gardener, he was a loyal companion throughout the journey.
Meriadoc Brandybuck(Merry)HobbitThe son of the Master of Buckland, he is cousin to both Pippin and Frodo.
Peregrin Took(Pippin)HobbitThe son of the Thain in Tookland, he is the youngest member of the group and cousin to both Merry and Frodo.
Gandalf the GreyMaiaMysterious Wizard that leads the Fellowship until Moria.
Aragorn (Strider)ManRanger of the North, who accompanies the hobbits from Bree to Rivendell, and then becomes a member of the Fellowship. His weapon is the sword. It is revealed that he is the Heir of Isildur and of Elendil.
LegolasElfElven archer. His weapon is the bow. His father is Thranduil, king of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood, and he came to inform the council of the escape of Gollum.
GimliDwarfSon of Glóin. His weapon is the axe. He came to Rivendell from the Lonely Mountain with his father about trouble in the east.
BoromirManSon of Denethor, Steward of Gondor. His weapon is the sword and the shield. He came to Rivendell seeking answers to a strange dream.

In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien mostly refers to the group as the "Company of the Ring", or "the Company" for short, rather than "Fellowship of the Ring" or "Fellowship". This is demonstrated by Robert Foster's The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, which lists more page references for "Company..." than "Fellowship..." (and in fact the group appears under the entry "Company of the Ring".) However, since "Fellowship of the Ring" was used as the title of the first volume of the book, it has become the familiar term.

Summary Of Book One

  • I - A Long-expected Party - details Bilbo and Frodo's birthday party, ending with Bilbo leaving the Shire. The name is a reference to "An Unexpected Party," the first chapter of The Hobbit.
  • II - The Shadow of the Past - Gandalf reveals to Frodo the true nature of the Ring and that it must be taken to Mordor and destroyed. Sam, who has been listening at the window, agrees to accompany Frodo.
  • III - Three is Company - Gandalf leaves the Shire for a short trip, but promises to return. Frodo sells Bag End to further the ruse that he is broke and thus retiring to a small house at Crickhollow in the area beyond Bucklebury in Buckland. In reality, Frodo plans to leave the Shire from Buckland without it being noticed. Mysteriously, Gandalf does not return, and so Frodo, Sam and Pippin set out walking through the East Farthing of the Shire towards Buckland and encounter a Black Rider. They also meet Gildor Inglorion an elf, with other elves, who warn them to fear the Black Riders.
  • IV - A Short Cut to Mushrooms - The walking party meets Farmer Maggot, a fierce old hobbit from Frodo's childhood. Frodo finds that Maggot actually has a kind nature and also learns that the Black Riders are searching other parts of the Shire for 'Baggins.' Maggot sneaks the party to the Buckland Ferry in his waggon, where they meet up with Merry.
  • V - A Conspiracy Unmasked - At Frodo's new house at Crickhollow, Frodo wrestles with how to tell Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Fredegar 'Fatty' Bolger, about his quest, only to learn that they have known much of it all along, All the hobbits except Fredegar decide to leave the next day through the Old Forest, while Fredegar remains behind to act as a decoy and inform Gandalf of Frodo's plans. The Old Forest is rumoured to be a dangerous place, but Frodo wants to avoid the main roads at all costs in order to evade the Black Riders.
  • VI - The Old Forest - Although trying to avoid it, the hobbits are 'herded' by the trees to the River Withywindle, the "queerest part of the whole wood." The hobbits all suddenly fall asleep, lulled by the spells of Old Man Willow. Merry and Pippin are trapped inside the evil tree, but are freed by Tom Bombadil.
  • VII - In the House of Tom Bombadil - The hobbits are invited to Tom's house and meet his "pretty lady," Goldberry. Tom gives them food and lodging and tells them stories about nature and history. Interestingly, Tom is not affected by the One Ring; it can neither make him invisible, nor hide Frodo from him. Tom tells the hobbits how to safely travel the Barrow-downs without running afoul of the evil wights who haunt them.
  • VIII - Fog on the Barrow-downs - Travelling through the Barrow-downs, the hobbits are captured by a Barrow-wight, then rescued (again) by Tom Bombadil. The hobbits are given special weapons from the barrow: enchanted daggers of the Men of Westernesse that were forged to fight Sauron and his minions, including the Witch-king of Angmar.
  • IX - At the Sign of the Prancing Pony - The hobbits reach the Inn of the Prancing Pony at Bree, where Frodo uses a false name, Underhill, rather than Baggins. Still, all the hobbits behave in a naïve fashion: after supper, Merry decides to go for a stroll while the other three go to the Common Room for a drink. There Frodo meets Strider, a menacing man who seems to know much about Frodo. Then Pippin, forgetting the need for secrecy, begins a tale of Bilbo. Frodo sings a song in order to stop Pippin from talking too much. In the middle of Frodo's song, he slips and falls, and his finger 'accidentally' slips through the Ring (the Ring may be trying to reveal Frodo), causing Frodo to vanish and starting a bigger commotion among the guests than Pippin's tale would have done. Frodo escapes into a corner, where Strider tells him that several people in the Inn saw what happened. Strider uses this to persuade Frodo to agree to meet with him in Frodo's rooms. Soon after, the innkeeper, Barliman Butterbur, also requests a private audience with Frodo.
  • X - Strider - Strider, after convincing Frodo he means no harm, pledges to save the hobbits from peril if he can. Butterbur gives Frodo a letter from Gandalf, which Butterbur had failed to deliver to him at the Shire as he was asked to by Gandalf. It tells Frodo that Strider is actually Aragorn, a friend of Gandalf's and confirms that Frodo may trust Strider. Shortly afterwards Merry runs into the room, frightened, having seen people from Bree talking to some Black Riders.
  • XI - A Knife in the Dark - In Buckland, Fredegar Bolger flees the house before the Black Riders can enter and rouses Buckland. Some Bree folk, agents of the Black Riders, attack the Inn at night, destroying the room the hobbits were supposed to stay in and scaring away all the horses in Bree, including the hobbit's ponies. The hobbits are forced to buy a scrawny pony from Bill Ferny (a spy for the Riders). Strider decides that their chambers aren't safe and, after setting up decoys, has Butterbur move the hobbits to another room. With Strider, they quickly leave the town, passing through the Midgewater Marshes to reach a famous hill called Weathertop. Disaster follows when the party is attacked by five Black Riders. Frodo, succumbing to the Riders' command, puts on the Ring. He then tries to fight them off but to no avail. The Nazgûl's leader (the Witch-king of Angmar - Frodo now notices that he wears a crown), stabs Frodo with a Morgul-blade, poisoning him. Then the Riders seem to be driven off with fire by Strider. They believe, however, that they have only to wait until Frodo's wound overcomes him.
  • XII - Flight to the Ford - Strider attempts to heal Frodo with a plant called athelas which relieves Frodo's pain, but Strider knows that only Elrond, Master of Rivendell, can heal this wound. On the way, the party passes the trolls that were turned to stone in The Hobbit. They get closer to Rivendell with no sign of the Riders. Eventually, they meet the Elf-lord Glorfindel from Rivendell, who has fought the Riders before and, as a High Elf, is feared by them. Glorfindel then accompanies them to the Ford of Rivendell. When they are within sight of the Ford, the Riders close in upon the party. Frodo is forced to flee on Glorfindel's horse. Frodo tries to make a last stand at the River, but is overcome by his wound and the power of the King of the Black Riders. The Riders are almost upon him when the River rises up in a flood caused by Elrond and Gandalf and washes the Black Riders away as Frodo falls unconscious.

The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship Of The Rings Book One

Book II opens in Rivendell at the house of Elrond. Frodo is healed by Elrond and discovers that Bilbo has been residing in Rivendell. A Council is held by Elrond and is attended by Gandalf and many others, including Frodo and Bilbo. Elrond tells the history of the One Ring ofSauron, and about the War of the Last Alliance, and how the Ring was lost to Middle-Earth for a time after the Battle of the Gladden Fields. Gandalf continues the tale, and narrates how the Ring was found by Gollum. Bilbo and Frodo narrate their own adventures about the finding of the Ring and Frodo's journey to Rivendell. Gandalf also explains why he could not accompany Frodo from the Shire. He had gone to Isengard, where the powerful wizard Saruman dwells, to seek help and counsel. Saruman was head of the White Council and the greatest of the Istari. He had long studied Sauron's arts, and the lore of the One Ring. However, Saruman has turned against them, as Gandalf finds out much to his dismay; Saruman now desires the Ring for himself. Saruman imprisons Gandalf in his tower, Orthanc, rightly suspecting that Gandalf knew where the Ring was. Gandalf, however, does not yield and manages to escape from Orthanc. He learns that Saruman is not yet in Sauron's service, and was mustering his own force of Orcs. Gandalf spreads the tidings that Saruman was now a foe, and heads towards Rivendell, knowing that he could not reach the Shire in time to accompany Frodo. In the Council of Elrond, a plan is hatched to cast the One Ring into the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor, which will destroy the Ring and end Sauron's power once and for all. Frodo is chosen to be the Ring-Bearer, and sets forth from Rivendell with eight companions: two Men, Strider (revealed to be Aragorn, Isildur's heir) and Boromir, son of the Steward of the land of Gondor; the Prince of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood, Legolas; Frodo's old friend and powerful wizard, Gandalf; Gimlithe Dwarf; and Frodo's three Hobbit companions. These Nine Walkers (called the Fellowship of the Ring) were chosen to represent all the free races of Middle-Earth and as a balance to the Nazgûl. They are also accompanied by Bill the Pony, whom Strider and the Hobbits acquired in Bree as a pack horse. Their attempt to cross the Misty Mountains is foiled by heavy snow, and they are forced to take a path under the mountains, the mines of Moria, an ancient dwarf kingdom, now full of orcs and other evil creatures. During the battle that ensues, Gandalf battles a Balrog of Morgoth, and both fall into an abyss.

The remaining eight members of the Fellowship escape from Moria and head toward the elf-haven of Lothlórien, where they are given gifts from the rulers Celeborn and Galadriel that in many cases prove useful later during the Quest. After leaving Lórien, the Ring's evil and corrupting powers begin to show. When Frodo is alone for a while to decide the future course of the Fellowship, Boromir tries to take the Ring from him. Frodo, to escape from Boromir, ends up putting on the Ring. While the rest of the Fellowship scatter to hunt for Frodo, Frodo decides that the Fellowship has to be parted, for the Ring was too evil and was setting to work within the Fellowship itself. Frodo decides to depart secretly for Mordor, but is joined by Sam and they set off together to Mordor. The Fellowship was broken.