Reasons to like Boromir
Boromir has been my favorite character ever since I've read the book 18 yrs ago.
Boromir was a strong, man stronger then anyone in the fellowship. Great fighter, he was probably the 2nd best fighter in the fellowship next to Aragorn. All he wanted to do was to save Gondor, that's why him and Aragorn were going to Minas Tirith he believed if the king and sword were taken back to Gondor that would help save Gondor. Thing is he didn't think that was enough and that was his flaw. He fell under the ring for only a few minutes then he realized what he had done wrong and corrected it. Also, I believe Boromir even after going crazy he held back, because he could of easily over powered frodo he was a strong, broad shouldered man, typical Gondorian. I feel as if he was holding back his full strength when he attacked frodo because he could of very easily over powered frodo.
Besides those reasons up above here is the biggest reason...
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The Fellowship wouldn't of gotten far without him. With out him who would of carried Pippin and Sam through the storm on Caradhras(however you spell it). Without his strength the fellowship probably wouldnt of made it to Moria and even through Moria. It would of taken far to long for just Aragorn to carry the hobbits through the snow. Without Boromir there simply wouldn't of been enough "muscle" to lead the fellowship on.
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