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Penthesilea:
I looked up Mar and found that in Spanish it means of course sea/ocean, as we all know, but it also means

a lot of/abundance.

la mar   - abundancia      jede Menge
la mar   - abundancia        die Unmenge
(Leo dictionary)


la mar de loc adv (gran cantidad) a whole bunch of n phr
   loads of n phr
   tons of n phr
   scads of n phr
wordreference dictionary

which makes sense, because if I have a whole sea of [whatever], I sure have an abundance of it.

Not sure what to make of it though.


As far as Ennis goes, I found interesting things (I think).

Ennis means island, which is also not new, and in connection with Del Mar still makes the most sense to me: island in the sea.

However, Ennis also means "The only choice" in gaelic (meaning of names.com). I also found a definition that translated it with "one choice".

Now this I can relate to Ennis. He's a 'one-man-man'; he made his one choice with Jack and that was it for him. He also made the only choice he could make in regard to not living together and stuck with it till the end. :(
He also was Jack's one choice (Radall and Mexico be damned).
I think this "one choice" theme fits nicely with Ennis' character.

Sason:
That's an interesting interpretation of the name Ennis, Chrissi. I haven't heard it before.

I agree with you, Ennis is a "one choice man", and he sticks with it.

But I can also see the "one choice" being interpreted in relation to external factors, not only to Ennis' personality.

He did, de facto, have very few choices in his life. No money, no education, small town,  a family to support regardless - there weren't  thaat many openings for him.

So, external and internal factors in combination created Ennis - the man of few choices.

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