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Boromir's character changes throughout Book II of Lord of the Rings, in line with the epic's progression towards the catastrophe that ends Book II.

Boromir is shown as having grown accustomed to the habit of command.

According to his brother Faramir, even as a boy Boromir chafed under the notion that the Stewards were not kings, though they ruled in all but name.

He insisted on taking for himself the quest to Imladris, though the dreams had come first to Faramir.

At Rivendell he, using what critic Tom Shippey describes as " slightly wooden magniloquence ", sets forth Gondor's claim to primacy in the War of the Ring.