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The short story
Front-Ranger:
Hi, Mel! Happy day-after-the-full-moon! 8)
LOL, that airstream trailer belongs in our metal topic and our wind topic as well!!
Lynne:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on December 05, 2006, 10:39:28 am ---It was a shocking contrast to the Ennis I saw in the movie who (early on) was always tucking in his shirt because he cared about looking presentable despite his meager income.
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This is another really good point, David. I have a little different understanding of it, and this probably more rightly belongs in a movie thread instead of the short story, but what the hay? ::)
First, I'm thinking that Ennis' clothes don't fit well - he's long in the torso and his shirt keeps coming untucked. He probably gets them as hand-me-downs or from a thrift store or someplace like that. The loss of the shirt that Jack takes is significant to him - he thought it probably lost in some laundry years before - because he only has a few (2, 3?) shirts.
But I also think that in the movie, the constant tucking-in-the-shirt belies a discomfort with who he is - he's not comfortable in his own skin.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on December 05, 2006, 01:27:25 pm ---I always imagined an old Airstream trailer, for some reason. (Never been inside one, so I don't know what they've got in the way of sinks. But that's what image the "curved sides" brings up for me.)
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Mel, that's exactly the image I get--an Airstream! :laugh:
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Lynne on December 05, 2006, 01:45:47 pm ---First, I'm thinking that Ennis' clothes don't fit well
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Well, I think somewhere in the story there is a bit of description that indicates that Ennis is wearing a shirt that he's outgrown--like, at 19, he's still wearing a shirt made for a younger kid, undoubtedly because he couldn't afford to replace it. Poor kid. ... :(
karen1129:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 05, 2006, 02:06:59 pm ---Well, I think somewhere in the story there is a bit of description that indicates that Ennis is wearing a shirt that he's outgrown--like, at 19, he's still wearing a shirt made for a younger kid, undoubtedly because he couldn't afford to replace it. Poor kid. ... :(
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I'm sure any clothes he had were hand me downs from his older brother. All he had in that sack was one shirt !
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