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Book Discussion: Brokeback Mountain
Front-Ranger:
Okay, there's the line, "...but the boneless blue was so deep, said Jack, that he might drown looking up."
:'(
Front-Ranger:
Lureen thought Jack's favourite place, Brokeback Mountain, was where "bluebirds sing and there's a whiskey spring." In Jack's closet are two pairs of blue jeans, crease ironed (ouch!), and folded over a metal hanger. What's interesting is that there's a photo of a movie star on his wall, but all the blue ink is gone, "the skin tone gone magenta." All the blue has drained away. Where are the colors? They live on in Ennis's dreams, "lurid colors that gave the dreams the flavor of comic obscenity."
What? We're at the end of the story already! Jeff, you trickster!!
Jeff Wrangler:
I always liked the line about Jack tucking the puppy in his coat "for he loved a little dog." That line always just struck me somehow. I guess maybe that qualifies as one of those "offhand revelations" that "hit hard," hunh? :)
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: fernly on February 14, 2007, 09:50:45 pm ---The word swathe has some interesting multiple meanings: to wrap, to bandage, to enfold, to constrict. All of which could be applied to the effects on Ennis of the torch (of love, of faithfulness) he carries for Jack.
There's also a visual rhyme that Casey identified at Lightning Flat. The five-pointed star shaped object in the barn we see as Ennis goes up to the house, is a part of swather - a machine that reaps ripe grain and lays it flat in windrows.
--- End quote ---
Fernly, that's very perceptive. Farm machinery plays an interesting role in this story. In addition to the swather, a baler also plays a role--that's a machine that ties wire around hay bales. And there's also the big, big farm equipment that Jack's father-in-law sells.
Front-Ranger:
I'm struck by the many times that the term grey is used in connection with Ennis. In the prologue (see above) and also during the lake scene: "Ennis stood as if heart-shot, face grey and deep-lined, grimacing, eyes screwed shut, fists clenched, legs caving, hit the ground on his knees."
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