Summary
Sam wakes to see Frodo being interrogated by Faramir in front of his army. As they talk about Boromir, Faramir lets on that he is dead, to Frodo's shock. Sam interrupts to tell Faramir to leave Frodo alone, but is shut down. Now Faramir reveals that Boromir was his brother, that he heard his horn blowing 11 days ago, and 3 days after that saw his funeral boat. He orders the hobbits to come with them to their secret hideout. On the way he talks more with Frodo and learns of Gandalf's death. Faramir guesses very shrewdly about the Ring but refrains from directly asking Frodo to confirm his guesses. He speaks feelingly of his love of peace and beauty.
The hobbits are blindfolded on the last mile to Henneth Annuin, but obviously they go steeply down, and end up in a cave. They have a good meal with the entire company, and then Faramir chats up Frodo again. Sam praises Galadriel, then lets his tongue get away from him and remarks that Boromir "wanted the Enemy's Ring!" Faramir repeats his vow that he would not take it. Frodo finally gives in to exhaustion and confesses to Faramir his plan to throw the Ring into Mount Doom. Then he falls asleep.
Questions
1. Does Faramir seem like a real person to you? Is he too perfect?
2. Would those blindfolds really have made any difference to finding Henneth Annuin again? It's by a river--cave, waterfall--couldn't you find it eventually?
3. Frodo's confession, to me, is one of the finest pieces pieces of writing in the book. What do you think of it?