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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 9845688" data-attributes="member: 6787503">That's not my point. I'm not saying and don't agree that Aragorn is recognizing Elrond as human. I'm saying that Aragorn is recognizing himself as Half-elven. When he says "our race", he is talking about the race of the Half-elven of which he (Aragorn) is a member. For reference, here's a link to the Tolkien Gateway article on <a href="https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Kinship_of_the_Half-elven" target="_blank">Kinship of the Half-elven </a>which is a family tree and explanatory note that were enclosed in a letter in 1964. Notice that the part of the tree showing the Half-elven, including Aragorn, as well as the note about them, is done in green ink. Also, that Men on the tree are in black ink and that Elves are in orange.As I said, I'm merely mentioning this as an alternative to the "halfbreed" narrative, which has its place but is not the only story you can tell about half-elves. Imagine a society of made up of humans and elves living in close proximity and that over a long period of time, they intermarry to the point where everyone in the society is of mixed ancestry. This would be a society of Half-elves with its own identity to which its members would belong.Eta: To be fair, you can see a little of the "torn between two worlds" with Aragorn in the love triangle with Eowyn and Arwen, although Aragorn is never truly torn because Arwen is the obviously superior choice, but maybe the reader is a little.</blockquote>

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