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The mettle of a man
Front-Ranger:
You're a real thinker, all of you! And there's the harmonica, which doesn't quite sound right, because it got flattened!!
Ellemeno:
The lighter Ennis borrows from him in the Signal bar.
The coffeepot, but not the bucket.
The axe head and the saw blade.
Front-Ranger:
When they were told to bring the sheep down from the mountain, AP describes the scene:
--- Quote ---...stones rolling at their heels, purple cloud crowding in from the west and the metal smell of coming snow pressing them on.
--- End quote ---
Front-Ranger:
Jack is in the business of selling metal farm machinery. As the story begins, he has a truck, but Ennis does not. He shaves with a metal razor and a tin cup, while Ennis has a paper bag and a cigarette (no lighter).
Front-Ranger:
Yes, goadra, you are right about there being metal associations with Ennis as well. Ennis had a little money in a tobacco can saved up to buy a place with Alma, but he didn't get very far with it. Ennis beat a tune on the coffeepot while Jack sang "Water Walking Jesus." (Aside, I just found out that that song, such as it is, was written by Larry McMurtry's son!)
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