1 How do you see the life of the Shire for the hobbits starting to fade What keeps them going despit

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• 1) How do you see the life of the Shire for the
  hobbits starting to fade? What keeps them going
  despite the brewing trouble?
• 2) What kind of life is Frodo leaving behind?
  Does Frodo seem ready to take on a task like
  this? Does Frodo have any idea what is coming in
  the future? Think of a time when a big task came
  along and you werent sure what would be expected
  of you and share with the group.
• 3) Consider this conversation between Frodo and
  Sam
• Sam This is it.
• Frodo This is what?
• Sam If I take one more step it will be the
  farthest away from home Ive ever been.
• Frodo Remember what Bilbo used to say
• Alludes to Bilbo Its a dangerous business
  going out your door. When you step onto the
  road, if you dont keep your feet theres no
  knowing where youll be swept off to.
• How do you find it hard leaving familiar things
  and times in your life? Think of a time where you
  moved to a new house or visited new places. How
  was it for you?
• Bible Passage Hebrews 121-2
• 4) When the hobbits arrive at the Prancing Pony
  in Brie the hobbits find themselves in a dark,
  dank, foreign place, intimidated by their
  surroundings. When do you find yourself out of
  place? How do you deal with it?

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Fellowship of the Ring- part 2
Disc 1 (repeat) Green Dragon scene to Weathertop
Watchtower (Scene 9-18) (36 minutes-110 minutes)
The Lord Of The Rings
5) How many of you were told when you were
little, Dont talk to strangers? Are the
hobbits stupid to trust Strider or Aragorn?
Why/why not? 6) Frodo says as the hobbits are
leaving Brie with Aragorn, I think a servant of
the enemy would look fairer but feel fouler.
What does this say to you about first impression
appearances of people? Keeping this in mind does
the rough and tough look of Aragorn remind you of
any figures from the Bible? 7) What's wrong
with Saruman? Bible Passage Proverbs 168 8)
From Gandalf's view, we see Saruman and his orcs
ripping up trees in the rain. How might you guess
that Tolkien viewed the relationship between
nature (creation) and industrialization? (answer
help green versus greed. Industry that tears up
nature is bad and unholy) Bible Passage James
113-15 9) The ring wraiths, the Nazgul, as
Aragorn has explained, were once great men and
kings but they were tricked and corrupted by the
rings given to them by Sauron. Whenever you see
the Nazgul, what do they appear like in the
normal world? How do they then appear when Frodo
puts the Ring on? What might this say about the
director's view of evil?