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Jack and Alma
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: Rayn on April 27, 2006, 04:37:51 am ---You know in the book, Jack was not looking at Alma with any competitiveness; he was really scared when they met, so scared his legs were shaking, but I think he knew Ennis was "his man" too.
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hm, that not how I read that part in the book. My interpretation was that Jack was shaking because he was so excited to about that kiss. I didn't read anything about being scared to meet Alma.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: starboardlight on April 27, 2006, 12:49:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: Rayn on April 27, 2006, 04:37:51 am ---You know in the book, Jack was not looking at Alma with any competitiveness; he was really scared when they met, so scared his legs were shaking, but I think he knew Ennis was "his man" too.
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hm, that not how I read that part in the book. My interpretation was that Jack was shaking because he was so excited to about that kiss. I didn't read anything about being scared to meet Alma.
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Me too. I was just about to say that.
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: starboardlight on April 27, 2006, 12:40:32 pm ---I certainly think that Alma said "Jack Nasty!" to ruffle his feathers. Obviously what ever it was that made Jack nasty, Ennis was participating. Why was Jack the one that's getting insulted and not Ennis as well? I agree that the particular name calling showed her resentment toward Ennis, but also her competitive resentment toward Jack.
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Isn't this always the way, though? When a woman finds out her husband has been cheating with another woman, it's always, "Why, that BITCH!" more than (or even instead of) "That BASTARD!" Me, I'd be in the latter camp. To me, the thought of my husband having sex with someone else isn't nearly as unsettling is the thought of him lying to my face. But with most women, it's about "What has she/he got that I haven't got?" When you find your husband is cheating with a man, you know what he's got that you haven't. ;) Honestly, again, it would be the deceit and not the sex that would enrage me the most.
Brown Eyes:
Well, an insult to Jack is an insult to Ennis... If nothing else, it reflects back on his own taste, selection of a lover, etc. And, the word "nasty" can be heard in a pretty homophobic way too.
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: atz75 on April 27, 2006, 08:47:50 pm ---Well, an insult to Jack is an insult to Ennis... If nothing else, it reflects back on his own taste, selection of a lover, etc. And, the word "nasty" can be heard in a pretty homophobic way too.
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Good points. And I hear "nasty" as being said with a good deal of homophobia, myself.
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