The Hobbit

The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Adventure
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After the fight between the Thorin and the great white Ork the eagles carry the company to a great rock in the grasslands. After the eagles leave, however, Gandalf announces to the dwarves' and the hobbit's that he, too, will soon be leaving, "for after all this is not my adventure." Before he departs, however, he takes them to the home of Beorn, a skin changer: "He changes his skin; sometimes he is a huge black bear, sometimes he is a great strong black-haired man with huge arms and a great beard." Gandalf brings the group before Beorn, two-by-two, so as not to offend him. Beorn receives Gandalf and Bilbo first, a bit mad. But, as Gandalf tells Beorn the tale of the journey to this point every so often changing the number of people involved in the quest, so that Beorn must ask questions. The skin changer is so touched that, by its end, he cannot help but welcome his visitors: "A very good tale! The best I have heard for a long while. If all beggars could tell such a good one, they might find me kinder." Beorn offers the travelers food and lodging. He warns them not to wander outside during the night. Bilbo does not, but he does awaken during the night, and he hears the snuffling and scuffling of a creature outside. He wonders if he is hearing Beorn in his bear form. The same thing happens the next night. As it turns out, Beorn is verifying the company's story for himself, covering the ground between his home and the Misty Mountains, looking for evidence to find out if the story is true. Beorn encounters a Warg and a goblin who tell him of the Great Goblin's death, and that the goblins and wolves might soon set out in search of the dwarves, or to fight the men whom the goblins think might be aiding Thorin and his fellows. Beorn sends the company on its way with new ponies and food. He warns them that they are about to make a difficult journey through the dark, dangerous forest of Mirkwood. He demands that they not stray from the path through the forest for any reason.
When the company reaches the edge of the forest, they send back the ponies to Beorn as they have promised him. Gandalf chooses that moment to leave them, as he has "some pressing business away south." He, too, warns them not to leave the path. Bilbo asks if there is not some safer way through, but Gandalf tells him there is not: "You must either go through or give up your quest." the dwarves and hobbit watch Gandalf gallop away, and then turn to enter the wild forest of Mirkwood.
In this part of the book I have discovered the new character Beorn that is half man half bear. The discovering of Beorn helped because the dwarfs and Bilbo have made new friends and would help them continue the journey.

I think I went even deeper with the information I got in this part of reading and I found out some new things about new characters.
My recent reading has fulfilled my expectations
I expect that the dwarfs and Bilbo will regain the dwarfs' castle 
I am satisfied with what I have read and I look forward to reading even more

"a huge man with a thick black beard and hair, and great bare arms and legs with knotted muscles" This description of the man tells us that he is used to the wild and can live in harsh conditions and that he is strong and tough.