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milomorris:
I think the bags are bookends. Ennis starts the tale with nothing more than what fits into a paper bag. He goes through the journey and gains so much more. By the end he has lost everything, and is left with nothing more than what fits into a paper bag.

I think the bags underscore Ennis' folly, and the idea that--after all is said and done--he ends up with little more than what he started with makes the story all the more tragic for me.

Monika:
I´ve always also interpreted the bags as Ennis, in the end, having no more than he started out with. A bag with shirts in it. The difference is that in the first bag, there are only his own shirts, but in the bag at the end, are both his and Jack´s shirts. But still just shirts.

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