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Topic of the Week 1/07: Did Ennis know early on that he was in love with Jack?

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moremojo:

--- Quote from: atz75 on July 30, 2007, 10:17:23 am ---But at the same time, it's hard to interpret what his emotions were as he and Jack were descending the mountain.
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The descent from the mountain was as much a fall from grace as it was a metaphor for falling in love.

mvansand76:

--- Quote from: moremojo on July 30, 2007, 10:42:45 am ---The descent from the mountain was as much a fall from grace as it was a metaphor for falling in love.

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And coming down from paradise, from the heights of passion and love to the plains where those feelings weren't acceptable anymore.

moremojo:

--- Quote from: Snavel del Snuit on July 30, 2007, 11:11:41 am ---And coming down from paradise, from the heights of passion and love to the plains where those feelings weren't acceptable anymore.
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Yes, astute observation. The mountain, dangerous though it was, was always safer for the boys than the so-called "civilized" world below.

shortfiction:
I don't think Ennis had the internal vocabulary to explain to himself just what it was he was feeling.  If you give something a name, it becomes more real.  He simply called it a one-shot thing and was thinking about the fact that he was already committed to marrying Alma after they finished their job. 
     I do think that his gazing at Jack, especially when the latter was riding the horse up on the mountain as the sheep grazed and Ennis was in the stream, was part of his unnameable feelings.
     Jack, on the other hand, seemed smitten with Ennis from the time he pulled up outside Aguirre's trailer in his truck.

delalluvia:
No.
He didn't know that he could be in love with a man.  And, of course, when he finally did, it was too late.   :'(

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