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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
magicmountain:
--- Quote from: synne on October 27, 2006, 12:12:32 pm ---I know what it means to meet your beloved three-four times per year in the middle of nowhere
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Me too. It wasn't in the wilderness but it felt like the wilderness inside.
--- Quote from: ifyoucantfixit on October 27, 2006, 06:01:43 pm --- who could tell or predict, the way it might have changed after the big train wreck...
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There was always that slim hope the boys would get their act together if Jack hadn't died. I just came to the conclusion that the odds were stacked against it. If Jack had been severely beaten or was in an accident where he barely survived that could have put a bomb under Ennis' backside!
--- Quote from: scudder on October 27, 2006, 03:58:46 pm ---
Jack seriously proposed suicide for both of them or for himself alone . To my mind, this was a powerful catalyst to get Ennis to change, and it worked! The two went on to own the Lazy L Farm in Quanah, Texas.
Other stories showed other motives. So I don't think Jack's death was necessary to set the process in motion, and I think Jack's love could have been as supportive as Ellery's.
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Scudder I agree that something dramatic like Jack proposing suicide or actually stating he was leaving Ennis might have done the trick. But was it in Jack to do either of those things?
--- Quote from: TH on October 27, 2006, 02:49:01 pm ---Brokeback Mountain was about Ennis finding Jack. LS is about Ennis finding himself... ... and others...
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Thanks for your insightful comments TH. It is has been said that we "love what we lack". Maybe in a way Ennis' journey of self discovery began we he fell in love with Jack - he saw in Jack what he lacked in himself.
magicmountain:
--- Quote from: TH on October 27, 2006, 11:46:50 pm ---
"And there came the time when the pain of remaining in the bud was greater then the pain of blossoming."
Would that we would all receive the grace to find our own especial way to blossom.
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Amen to that and to everything you said TH.
souxi:
Hi everyone I,m back from my hols, but I,m not very happy. Louise what is the matter wiht LJ? Every time I try and forward onto the next chapter it says either "no such entry" or "no parameters given". I,ve been looking forward to my updates and now I cant read em!! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Hi June btw. :-*
scudder:
MagicMountain: "But was it in Jack to do either of those things?"
That is the question. We have seen the fantastic development of Ennis in the LS. I don't recall seeing a similar investigation of Jack's development in any stories leading up to the meeting after the divorce or after the last confrontation by the lake. Most of the stories concentrate on Ennis. How about a story of Jack's growth while working in Childress and coming to grips with Ennis' "If you can't fix it, you gotta stand it."?
louisev:
--- Quote from: souxi on October 28, 2006, 06:42:57 am ---Hi everyone I,m back from my hols, but I,m not very happy. Louise what is the matter wiht LJ? Every time I try and forward onto the next chapter it says either "no such entry" or "no parameters given". I,ve been looking forward to my updates and now I cant read em!! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Hi June btw. :-*
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can you click directly to the links? Some folks have had problems over the past couple of days in accessing LJ.
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