Annotation of the Children of Hurin

The purpose of this essay is to be a book review, and an depth psychology of the writing as a whole. It has been said that this is Tolkiens darkest work, which goes along with the radix of Darkness and Wickedness throughout the book. Tolkiens time period, religion, and upbringing allow shaped his works including this wiz. Quote he can make one feel the darkness and wickedness, and its insidious nature as it silently seeps into benignant hearts and minds, which alters their behavior leading to compassionate demise. This is very true in The Children of Hurin there are characters that because of their wickedness that is inside, or cast upon them end up perishing due to their choices and behaviors. I do non necessarily agree with Witherington that human pride goes before the fall, and it makes us vulnerable to powers of darkness. I do not understand the connection of how pride can cause vulnerability to the darkness. If individual is prideful then they may not take heed to others advice and counsel, only that doesnt necessarily mean that it will cause them to fall into darkness easier than somebody who isnt.The protagonist Turin sets out on his journey in a dry land that is occupied with unrighteous and wickedness. So far Turin hasnt fallen into obscurity and evil ways and he has a lot of pride in this story. What is personally interesting to me in this essay is Witheringtons correlation of Tolkiens use of the paper of the creeping darkness of evil which falls upon the realm owes more to the biblical notion of the effects of the Fall than to Norse lore.