OK, I logged on to leave a brief thought on another subject, and here's all these posts that need thinking!
Anyway, the USC-UCLA game is about to start, and I just want to drop off this thought; I'll come back ASAP.
Here's the thought. When Story Ennis and Jack split up right after Brokeback, the last line of the paragraph regarding Ennis having the dry heaves is as follows: " He felt about as bad as he ever had and it took a long time for the feeling to wear off." (emphasis mine).
This JUST hit me, hard (offhand revelations): Ennis lost his parents when he was between 11 years and 14 years old or so, right? And he must have felt pretty damn bad about that! But here, after Ms. P sets us up knowing he's an orphan and putting in our minds how bad losing both parents at such an age must feel, she hits us with the fact that his separation from Jack right after Brokeback felt worse! I think that's pretty incredible.