I don't believe that Boromir was a mistake. He was a turning point in the story. As many other people have stated, there is no telling what would have happened if Faramir and not Boromir had become part of the Fellowship. I believe that Boromir truly brought home to us the power of the ring: one of the Fellowship would try to take it. As someone else said, he was the most human person in the Fellowship, and he made a mistake but he redeemed himself. Boromir is one of my favorite characters because he made that mistake, but he had the strength of will to redeem himself with his life.
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"Ford! there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out!"
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