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Topic of the Week 1/07: Did Ennis know early on that he was in love with Jack?
Penthesilea:
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* The Topic of the Week is a Brokeback related question which is in focus at the Open Forum for one week.
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Here is our brand new, fresh from the press, first Topic of the Week:
Did Ennis know early on that he was in love with Jack?
Discuss and enjoy! :D
Kelda:
No - I don't think he even new what love was.
He knew he had found a new friend he could talk to but I don't think it hit him until they had to leave the mountain... when he was sitting all alone on that little hill just thinking.
mvansand76:
I think he started to realise it when he came down off the mountain, and I am referring to AP's wonderful "headlong and irreversible fall", I think Ennis knew at that moment that he had fallen in love and that his love for Jack would be forever.
Scott6373:
I don't think he knew (or more to the point understood) what love was until he got the postcard. For me, the life lesson that Ennis learned was not about his sexuality, but about loving and being loved. He never knew what love was, or supposed to be, until he lost it. That's why I feel the end of the story, while very sad, left me with a feeling of hope...for him, and for all of us. That's what I thought he meant by: "Jack...I swear..."
Brokeback_Dev:
I don't think that Ennis knew he was in love with Jack until the 4 year reunion, but when they came down from the mountain Ennis was heaving in that alley way because as much as he tried to suppress his feelings, he needed (loved?) Jack. (`?`)
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