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"I was supposed to control the weather"... Jack and the Wind
Brown Eyes:
Heya Lee,
Well I wonder if the nautical associations (which I do agree seem to come up around Jack a lot) may have to do with his connection to Ennis. I seem to remember some old discussion somewhere about the anchor on Jack's wall maybe being a reference to Del Mar (the sea and all the references to water and islands that Ennis's name evokes). And Ennis is uniquely qualified to know all about how Jack smells.
:o :)
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: atz75 on November 29, 2006, 02:25:10 am ---Heya Lee,
Well I wonder if the nautical associations (which I do agree seem to come up around Jack a lot) may have to do with his connection to Ennis. I seem to remember some old discussion somewhere about the anchor on Jack's wall maybe being a reference to Del Mar (the sea and all the references to water and islands that Ennis's name evokes). And Ennis is uniquely qualified to know all about how Jack smells.
:o :)
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I always wondered about that anchor, but never drew a connection to 'Del Mar'. So thanks for pointing it out.
What pops into my mind, thinking of Jack and nautical associations, is Jack's driving to Wyoming and back. Back and forth like the tides.
Here's the anchor. It is out of place (at a lonseome ranch in Wyoming) and therefore demonstrative.
Front-Ranger:
Also, the covered wagon, of which there is a toy one on Jack's bureau, is often called a "prairie schooner."
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on November 29, 2006, 07:27:11 am ---I always wondered about that anchor, but never drew a connection to 'Del Mar'. So thanks for pointing it out.
What pops into my mind, thinking of Jack and nautical associations, is Jack's driving to Wyoming and back. Back and forth like the tides.
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I like that you brought up the idea of Jack's movements back and forth between Wyoming and Texas being like water. It's come up in beautiful discussions about the wind metaphor itself (probably buried somewhere here on this big thread)... that he's like wind sweeping across the plains... rushing over the terrain/ covering a lot of terrain (terrain/ Earth= Ennis). It's interesting how Ennis's name evokes both water (Mar) and land/ earth (island).
Brown Eyes:
Wow Bud,
Thanks for posting that pic (blurry or not)... It's a great moment to have thought of in terms of this discussion.
Yeah... those boots in Jack's closet are very rarely discussed... Interesting. They get overshadowed so quickly by the shirts. It's interesting too, that the only cowboy hat in the Twist house is not in Jack's room, but is the one hanging on the hook while Ennis is sitting at the table with Mr. and Mrs. Twist. (Am I correct in thinking this... or am I forgetting a detail or two?).
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