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Originally Posted by MatthewM
Boromir88 said something about the book Boromir being "childlike"...how is this so? I don't see that at all. He was a mature Man with opinions and prejudices, just like us all.
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Excellet points and I agree with most except your point on Boromir not being childish.
I believe he was. Maybe what Boromir88 is alluding to here is his PETULANCE, especially towards Aragorn, that to me makes him look childish. Although I must say that Aragorn sometimes shows the same petulance back towards Boromir in their arguments!
I agree that Boromir was flawed, not Evil in my opinion. Headstorong or Blinkered maybe. Did Tolkien know of a real life person like this in his days in the trenches I wonder? I haven't read any of Tolkien's history around his time during the War, but would be interested to find out if he used any real life character from the War as the basis for Boromir.....