In the novel The Children of Hurin by J.R.R.Tolkien, the main theme is the “sorrowful consequences of war”. These consequences are depicted through the betrayal of allies, loss of friends and relatives, and death of their friends. This novel reveals a tragical life of Turin, Son of Hurin, who lost his father in a battle of “Nirnaeth Arnoediad” (Tolkien,56), The Battle of Unnumbered Tears, lost his mother and sister due to the departure to elves’ castle Menegroth, lost his friends due to the slayer
The Children of Húrin. It is an early section of the middle earth series written by J.R.R. Tolkien. The book was published in 2007 by Houghton Miflfin. Tolkien had began to write the book in the mid 1910s but never finished it, however, his son, Christopher Tolkien used notes made by tolkien to finish the book. I chose this book since I have read other books by Tolkien and wanted to read more about the years before The Hobbit. The story begins with Húrin as the name suggests. Húrin was a human that
The Children of Hurin J.R.R. Tolkien’s most renowned work was the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, but he has written many stories before that. One of those stories is 'The Children of Hurin', which was later edited by his son, Christopher.'The Children of Hurin' tells the account of Turin Turambar, son of Hurin, hero of the Elder Days. Six thousand years before the Fellowship of the Ring, a great evil was over the Earth. Morgoth was his name, and attempts to end his iron grasp ended in fruitless victories
Evil in The Silmarillion is a more powerful and more pro-genitive force than good. It spreads itself very quickly in a shape of darkness and corrupts everything around. Hope and good luck turn into despair and sadness and even good intentions almost always turn out badly. In order to understand the contradiction between Tolkien’s own beliefs about evil and the image of evil in The Silmarillion, which is necessary to examine Tolkien’s views of evil and compare them with the position of Tolkien’s critics
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