LotR -- Book 1 - Chapter 05 - A Conspiracy Unmasked

[Aiwendil]

Boromir88 wrote:

Don't forget Chapter one which focuses on Bilbo.

True. But in 2, 3, 4, and 5 the process is cumulative. In two we have Frodo and Sam. Three adds Pippin. Four adds Merry. Five adds Fatty. Still it's a good point that chapter one focuses on a single Hobbit. Alas, the pattern is broken in chapter 6 (as it had to be at some point, or we'd have quite an army by the end).