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Front-Ranger:
I am puzzled by it too, Artiste! But I am just telling you what I have experienced and seen, and lived!

Front-Ranger:
What changes occur through the movie! Yet they happen so subtly, so gradually, that we are lulled into thinking nothing much is happening. In fact, we may even come away thinking, why couldn't Jack be satisfied over time with the status quo as Ennis laid it out??

But let's look at some of the details more closely. Jack started out being at large and in charge. He was the first to light up his cigarette after leaving Aguirre's trailer, using his lighter rather than a down-scale match. He smoked whole cigarettes, whereas Ennis had to put his cig out partway through and save it for later. Jack had two beer bottles in front of him at the bar, as opposed to Ennis's one. But as early as the bar scene, Ennis was already borrowing Jack's lighter. Later, Jack was out in the cold on the mountain, forbidden by Aguirre from having a fire, looking down on Ennis's "night fire." Jack was also sharing his whiskey with Ennis. In fact, Annie Proulx writes that they had some drinks that were "on shares." (My theory is that Jack brought the whiskey stash up there himself because the employer would be unlikely to provide it and he had learned the year before when surrounded by stinking electrocuted sheep's carcasses how important it was to have whiskey.)

Ennis got bolder and bolder. In fact, when Jack offered him a canteen, he said "Got whiskey or somethun?" Ennis was clearly upset about having to ask for whiskey, so Jack learned to provide it without having to be asked. In fact, Ennis didn't like touching, so instead of passing him the bottle, Jack poured the whiskey in Ennis's coffee cup. Later after the boys were both soused, Jack got bolder and passed the bottle, but he still grasped the neck, giving Ennis plenty of room to grab the bottle without touching his hand.

Artiste:
Thanks, Front-Ranger!

Wow, Front-Ranger, you sure detail greatly. I really like your details!! More please...

Jack was infatuated since he had immediately a crush on Ennis when he first say Ennis, in the BM movie... I figure. You think so too?

But the first year Jack worked there, do you think that Jack had booze then? Was he an alcoholic?


So Jack somehow trained Ennis, by being so very careful and training himself not to touch Ennis first few times, so that Ennis would touch him eventually??

Answer any if you like!!

Awaiting you news, and continuation of your story within a story like...

hugs!

Front-Ranger:

--- Quote from: Artiste on January 12, 2008, 06:38:31 pm ---I really like your details!! More please...

Jack was infatuated since he had immediately a crush on Ennis when he first say Ennis, in the BM movie... I figure. You think so too?
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Okay!! You bet!! Yup I agree a hunerd percent. How else would Jack put up with everything unless he was infatuated with Ennis? And, can you blame him? For all his weaknesses and control-freak behaviour, Ennis is eminently and enigmatically enchanting!!


--- Quote from: Artiste on January 12, 2008, 06:38:31 pm ---But the first year Jack worked there, do you think that Jack had booze then? Was he an alcoholic?

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He was a little young to be an alcoholic but he was certainly on his way to being one! Doesn't he answer the profile of the addictive personality though? Yes, he does.


--- Quote from: Artiste on January 12, 2008, 06:38:31 pm ---So Jack somehow trained Ennis, by being so very careful and training himself not to touch Ennis first few times, so that Ennis would touch him eventually??

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On the contrary, I think Ennis trained Jack. He told him what he could do and what he could not do. Thru his body language, he dictated even more. How he reacted to Jack's ideas trained Jack even more. You can just see it in Jack's eyes...what can I get away with without setting him off? The way he says, late in the movie, "Well, maybe you should get out of there...maybe go to Texas." And then, realizing that he had stepped into the shoot-em zone, was cutting fence..."I was just thinkin out loud. Go live your own miserable life." And Ennis seemed to be telling him, when he said "You're a real thinker there" not even to THINK about them being together, much less give voice to those thoughts.


--- Quote from: Artiste on January 12, 2008, 06:38:31 pm ---hugs!

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Thanks, I needed that!!

Artiste:
Thanks again Front-Ranger!

So, it was Ennis who trained Jack? In many ways. Was that because, Ennis had right away realized that Jack had an immediate crush on him, at that trailer to get themselves a job from Aguirre??

But, where (from whom) does Ennis get this way to method how to control a man?

Hugs!! Always happy to hug you even when I am presently in dire pain since I moved furniture and am still with broken bones because 4 had beaten me as you know, and always it is great to read your comments, and awaiting your next ones!!

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