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Would Ennis Commit Suicide?

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moremojo:

--- Quote from: jpwagoneer1964 on August 02, 2006, 01:30:21 pm ---The shirts would have be a reminder of all the good memories with Jack and that he experienced true love in his life.

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And what a remarkable blessing that love was, for both men. How many of us will be able to honestly say, at the close of our mortal lives, that we found a love half as intense or soul-searing as that between Ennis and Jack? Ennis may be materially poor at story's end, but he has an emotional treasure that even kings could not fathom.

moremojo:

--- Quote from: dly64 on August 02, 2006, 01:54:59 pm --- So, maybe the appropriate description would be that Ennis hated himself.
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I most emphatically agree here. :'( :'( :'(

dly64:

--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 02, 2006, 01:55:22 pm ---We are talking internalized homophobia here, aren't we? I'm sure this is going to seem twisted and illogical, and I don't think I can even explain it, but I am getting a kind of visceral, gut-reaction type of feeling that I understand that Ennis could come to hate "being gay" even more because he believes that Jack's "being gay" has cost him (Ennis) the one person he loved--Jack. It's as though Ennis might see "being gay," rather than a tire iron, as being ultimately responsbile for Jack's death, so that it could increase his own internalized homophobia--his own hatred of "being gay."
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Jeff - you have beautifully put into words what I have been trying to express but was unable to do so. Thanks!

Shakesthecoffecan:
All interesting posts and takes on life without Jack. I tend to think he would not directly take his own life, he was a though old bird, but I think in a way he would end up taking his life with alcohol and cigarettes. I think over all his life would have been shorter, and sadder.

nakymaton:
...Ennis... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

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