April 12, 2004

More Boromir
Tuor

Yes, I suppose Boromir's death was somewhat in vain, since Merry and Pippin (and Sam and Frodo, if they hadn't left) would not have been killed anyway. I agree with Pip in that there really was no other way for him to react besides fighting the orcs.

Why?

Because (according to the movie at least) the orcs were under orders not to kill the HALFLINGS, but they were under no such restrictions as far as the rest of the Fellowship was concerned. So, even though Boromir dying to save the hobbits was in vain because they would not have been killed, his only course of action that would have resulted in him living would have been to run away and leave the hobbits, and I doubt his ego would have let him live with being that cowardly.

So, yeah, Boromir did the right thing.

Tuor