Unfinished Tales - Part One - II - Narn I Hín Húrin

[Galadriel55]

I'm jumping a bit in chronology, but I've been waiting to make this point for almost two weeks.

When Turin is with the Outlaws, in Nargothrond, and in Brethil, he takes on "fake" names. But in the first two he is still called "Turin" in the narration. However, after he asks the Men of Brethil to forget his name and call him "Turambar" instead, the narration also switches the name! When the narration channels someone's thoughts from outside (Morwen, Nienor, Mablung, etc) he is referred to as Turin, but when it talks about him specifically, he is called Turambar, until, I believe, the last chapters when all is revealed. It is as if he commanded Tolkien himself to forget his real name!

Evidently, the third "name/identity change" was the most significant. And the most "complete". And the name that he takes is the least connected to his past ("Master of Doom" says little, at least compared to "Neithan" and "Agarwaen").

*Note: the Nargothrond material is skipped here; there is some in the appendix, but I'm basing my statements above mostly on COH.

Originally Posted by Esty

As related here, Túrin's dealings with the Dwarves are one aspect I see as positive. He can feel for them and manages to curb his pride.

Strangely enough, he is called both an Elf-warrior and a Dwarf-lord in just two (iirc) chapters, though he is just a Man. He is certainly a great Man, and has lots of compassion and understanding; he just doesn't always let it come out. He asks Beleg "how can an Elf judge a Man" (or something to that extent), but he himself does not judge his friends - Beleg, Mim, and the Outlaws. He becomes like them, only "judging" (or, I'd rather say "evluating") them on a rare occasion. He is open to them, and allows himself to understand them - and himself.

He's a really extraordinary person, with many hidden qualities that he subconciously suppresses.