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Book Discussion: Brokeback Mountain
loneleeb3:
Wow VS,
That really adds a dimension to the story that I never would have known.
Thaks for sharing that! I think thats some important info.
moremojo:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 20, 2007, 06:48:31 pm ---Figuratively, if not literally, Ennis was always old, while Jack is forever young.
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That's a wonderful way to put it!
Vermont Sunset:
FR and Rodney, your talk about the name "Thresher" has just really got me to thinking. Did you know the sub was named after a species of shark called the thresher? It gets its name for it's elongated scythe like tail fin. Talk about a grim reaper, huh? And just as a shark's victims end up in the belly of the beast, so too these poor men died in the belly of the Thresher.
http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/sharks/species/thresher.html
It is amazing that this real life event, that occurred over 40 years ago could have been woven so seamlessly into the story by AP and resonate so perfectly with the themes of the story she was trying to develop. The crew believed they were safe. Jack and Ennis "believed themselves invisible." The crew and our boys were both in caught in an environment that eventually turned out to be deadly.
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: RodneyFL on April 22, 2007, 10:20:59 pm ---Love your observations about the Thresher. I had never contemplated threshers beyond the submarine. But the more you mention, the more appropros the use of that particular disaster from that era. Let me add just one thing to your thresher comment -- the symbol of death is often called "The Grim Reaper" (again referential to some kind of farm equipment) . . .
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Another foreshadow of the impending death. If you pay attention there seems to be quite a few i'm finding out.
Vermont Sunset:
--- Quote from: loneleeb3 on April 22, 2007, 10:32:35 pm ---Wow VS,
That really adds a dimension to the story that I never would have known.
Thaks for sharing that! I think thats some important info.
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You are welcome. It is difficult to remember that we are all dealing with different time dimensions. Unless you are in your very late 40's or older, you would have no actual memories of 1963 and the history altering events that occurred.
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