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Book Discussion: Brokeback Mountain
moremojo:
Thanks, guys! Interesting how "the grieving plain" really stood out for me in that paragraph, but "welling prairie" slipped my mind.
Front-Ranger:
This story discussion has a new home on the Open Forum. We are discussing distinctive phrases used in the story, and also the use of color in the story right now.
Front-Ranger:
I can't believe how often I use the phrase "rusty but still usable." In the story, this described another phrase "Time to hit the hay." And to tie it all together, LaShawn used the phrase "chewing gum and baling wire." But that last one wasn't in the book, in fact LaShawn wasn't in the book at all!!
But baling wire is used to bind hay in the process of harvesting it.
moremojo:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 10, 2007, 09:54:08 am ---But that last one wasn't in the book, in fact LaShawn wasn't in the book at all!!
--- End quote ---
True, except if one counts Jack's reference to the ranch foreman's wife, much in the same way that Cassie can be retroactively inferred from Ennis's reference to the waitress(?) he's been putting the blocks on(?) [geez, it's been a while since I've read the story].
Front-Ranger:
Sure e-nuff, Scott! Isn't it amazing how Osana/McMurtry breathed life into these fleeting references in the story??
Please join me in reading the story again in preparation for the 10-year-anniversary of the publication!!
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