The Fellowship of the Ring: Setting

•           Describe the setting of the novel.  Include details about the time and place as well as lines from the book that include good imagery.

In the Fellowship of the Ring as you follow the companions, across the massive world created by J.R.R. Tolkien, called Middle-Earth. In the beginning you are introduced to the plain, yet simple land of the Shire, here is where the hobbits dwell and is often described as out of the way, which contributes to the lack of knowledge about anything outside the Shire. During this journey, being in a separate world from our own we don't know the time or year the story is placed in but is presumed to be in medieval times, due to the structure of constructs and the tools used by smiths and soldiers.  As the journey continued from Hobbiton, where the four hobbits lived, they managed their way out of the Shire and into Crickhollow.

Crickhollow was visited for a short time, and was a refuge from the Black Riders. Another location addressed in the novel was Bree, which was described as, "...the chief village of the Bree-land, a small inhabited region, like an island in the empty lands round about...Lying round Bree-hill and the villages was a small country of fields and tamed woodland only a few miles broad." (Tolkien, 146). This description helped me understand the lay of the land along with the map provided. Overall I believe Tolkien has provided a great setting and continues to provide clear locations.

              (This is one of the maps used to represent the world of Middle-Earth.)