[Arathiriel]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>It also may help to explain why Pippin and Merry so readily pledge their allegances to the Steward and King respectively. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Exactly!<P>I mean to be honest I <B>never</B> understood why Merry and Pippin held Boromir in such high regards until I watched the movie of FOTR...<P>But after seeing just <B>how hard</B> Boromir fought to try to save them, my views on him were changed. Aragorn spoke the truth when he said to a dying Boromir:<P><I>No Boromir. You fought bravely. You have kept your honor.</I><P>For he did indeed fight bravely and he was even repentant when he realized what he had almost done to Frodo to seize the Ring...<P>Yes, thanks to PJ and Sean Bean's interpetation of Boromir, I now see the character as I believe Tolkien meant for all of us to see him and for that I am grateful!<P>