[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks, of course you are right. Tolkien gave us not flawed characters, but characters with flaws, characters with very real strengths and weaknesses. Characters that occasionally make choices that turn ill.

We have a lot to learn from Boromir of course. And his place in the story (IMHO) is to encourage us to confront our own curiosity about temptation.

[carton253]

I think Boromir's place in the story was to be the catalyst to get Frodo to leave the Fellowship.

[allthatisgolddoesnotglitter]

I just discovered this thread. And I'm very glad I did! Lord of the Rings is the best series of books ever! If you don't mind I'll post some and join in your discussions, I might be able to gain some insight from you or vise-versa.

[GretchenEE]

bump for a lembas-eating crowd (if we could but get our hands on some!)

[Mo1]

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