On Faramir
In the middle of re-reading the Lord of the Rings, I am in the chapters where Frodo and Sam encounter Faramir and his men. Faramir in the books is much more admirable than the Faramir in the movies- even though he is quite admirable in the movies- at the end of the chapter entitled “The Window on the West,” Sam accidentally mentions the Ring to Faramir and unlike in the movie, he states that “Not if I found it on the highway would I take it” (page 665.) He had previously mentioned this when discussing Isildur’s Bane with Frodo, long before he knew that it was in fact the Ring of Power. Faramir’s understanding that the Ring cannot be possessed by a Man makes him far wiser than many others.
For this is one of the reasons I adore Faramir.
