Two Towers/Summary
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Summary
Book Three
Chapter 1: The Departure of Boromir
- Short chapter
- ARagorn on his own, caught between Amon Hen or back
- Depiction of what Aragorn sees from the summit (nothing), contrasts with what Frodo saw
- Aragorn hears fighting
- Boromir's fight offscene
- Brought low by Orcs but also by behavior toward Frodo
- Aragorn traces Orcs to Saruman, emergence of conflict with Saruman
- He keeps Boromir's final confession to himself
- Makes the decision to follow Merry and Pippin rather than abandon them to help Frodo and Sam
- Funeral songs for Boromir (Legolas and Gimli)
Chapter 2: Riders of Rohan
- Three heroes run and run and run
- Picture of a desolate landscape
- Flashback narrative, squabbling Orcs
- Further into Rohan, get glimpse of Gondor
- Foreshadowing of storyline: need to deal with Sauron, but deal with Saruman first
- Far off Eagle spotted
- Finding of Lorien brooch
- Stop for the night
- Losing hope
- 36 hours behind Orcs (thanks Boromir)
- Background on Rohirrim
- Trio surprises Rohirrim horsemen, pissing contest
- Aragorn reveals himself as the Heir of Elendil
- Eomer trusts Aragorn b/c of Boromir
- Eomer informs the party that they attacked/burned the Orc party
- Gives background on Rohan, setting up rest of Book 3 - Rohan weak, Saruman on the prowl
- Picture of Saruman's war stretegy
- Why Saruman is dangerous
- Gandalf unpopular in Rohan - doomsayer (foreshadowing Wormtongue)
- Edge of Fangorn Forest - remains of Orcs
- Strange figure (old man) appears, then disappears, does not return for several chapters
- Chapter begins fresh narrative, creates interesting branch of narrative, stalls Frodo and Sam developments
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