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P.O. Boxes, Mailboxes and the No. 17
moremojo:
Hey, Diane--
I do think the end sees a regeneration for Ennis, however difficult it might be to discern, especially upon an initial viewing. He is opening up to his daughter, to another, in a new way, and this is clearly due to the lessons he has learned from Jack. So 1+7=8(regeneration) makes sense to me from this angle.
As for resurrection, Jack's spirit lives on within Ennis's heart. He remains a vital force within the aging ranch hand's life, however materially circumscribed that life might be. So the resurrection theme makes sense from that perspective as well.
Thanks for the elucidation on the symbolic value of these numbers.
Scott
Front-Ranger:
These questions are popping up again so I'm going to resurect this topic.
Somebody told me there were two postcards in the movie, but I count four: The first one from Jack, the return card from Ennis to Jack, the "fish should be jumping" card, and the deceased one.
Did any of these by chance have a picture of Half Dome at Yosemite on them??
Lynne:
I remember reading during my "lurking on IMDb days" that someone observed that 'Q' is the 17th letter of the alphabet = 'Queer'. Interesting.
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 01, 2007, 08:11:27 pm ---
Did any of these by chance have a picture of Half Dome at Yosemite on them??
--- End quote ---
No, I think the first was Carlsbad Caverns. I satand corrected, El Capitan.
jpwagoneer1964:
These were my thoughts on the subject that I wrote on 'Photo Captions'.
Ennis thinking: Puttin' these here numbers on my mail box. 17 don't mean nuttin', just that Ah live in space number 17 in this here trailer park. Some folks get upset thinking everything has to mean somethin'.
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