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TOTW 01/08: Do you think Jack was murdered or was it an accident?
louisev:
In terms of the "rareness" of a particular cause of death... it is often said that death by lightning strike is a rare event, but I looked this up and "death by lightning strike" claims an average of 82 lives per year in the USA - not exactly "as rare as getting hit by lightning." Though the perception of "being hit by lightning" as being extremely rare continues. However, I have personally known three people who have been struck by lightning - stranger than fiction.
serious crayons:
My former next-door neighbor says several members of his family has been struck at least once.
RouxB:
I think it was meant to be ambiguous but if I HAD to choose, I'd lean more towards accident.
Toast:
Annie Proulx wrote (as quoted above)
Ennis didn't know about the accident for months
But the important thing is that story Ennis thought it was the tire iron while he talked to Lureen
But he decided that he knew it was the tire iron while he listened to John C. Twist.
Ennis has to live with what he believes - and this feeds his guilt that he could have saved Jack by saying yes to the sweet life.
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Things are not so clear in the movie, .....
Artiste:
Hi Toast!
I lost you! May I request quotes from the book, concerning that?
Details are needed please.
Hugs!
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