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You think of joy, purpose & fullfillment, in Ennis's, Jack's or someone elses ??
loneleeb3:
Because he was overwhelmed with his feelings.
He was so in Love with Jack but he couldn't allow himself to give in.
He had been trying to hold it together all day. Thats why he was sitting alone in the field. WHen he came down and jack was packing up the camp it was like a punch in the stomach. He was thinking he had another month left with his love. Who knows how thngs may have turned out if they had that extra month.
For the firsttime in his life he was truly in love. However the person he fell in love with was a man and he was taught from an early age what happens to people like that. He couldn't allow that to happen not to him but I tink on some level, more importantly, to Jack. I think in Ennis' self loathing homophobic way he was trying to protect the person he holds most dear. I may be wrong but thats how I see it.
He just couldn't hold it together anylonger so he broke.
Artiste:
Thanks loneleeb3 !
Wow, wow, your description is revealing!!
So Ennis was homophobic even then in the shed??
Even if Ennis had many times wonderful times with Jack, even sex, before that scene??
So this was a social difficulty with Ennis, you think?
Hugs!
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: Artiste on April 17, 2007, 09:53:15 am ---Thanks loneleeb3 !
Wow, wow, your description is revealing!!
So Ennis was homophobic even then in the shed??
Even if Ennis had many times wonderful times with Jack, even sex, before that scene??
So this was a social difficulty with Ennis, you think?
Hugs!
--- End quote ---
Yes, even inthe shed. even the day after they made love. His first words to Jack were "This is a one shot thing we got here. I ain't no queer"
Yes, this is how he was raised. As many of us raised in poor rural America are. Things are very black and white and there is no room for deviation.
It was ingrained in Ennis that he was imprisoned by his upbringing. I don't know that he was ever truly parolled.
Artiste:
Thanks loneleeb3 !
You say this:
I don't know that he was ever truly parolled.
...............................................................................
You lost me there... as I do not know this word: parolled.
Please explain that... and more.
Hugs!
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: Artiste on April 17, 2007, 10:38:37 am ---Thanks loneleeb3 !
You say this:
I don't know that he was ever truly parolled.
...............................................................................
You lost me there... as I do not know this word: parolled.
Please explain that... and more.
Hugs!
--- End quote ---
When one is in prison they are parolled conditionally set free.
Ennis was living in a prison of is own making. the closet as it were. the only one who could free Ennis (parole) from his self imposed prison is Ennis himself. I think he came along way by the end of the movie but only through such bitter and painful loss. I don't think he was truly freed though. He may of come to terms with his true nature but he was still utterly alone. I think he was alone because he was so lost without his Jack. Ijust don't think there was another for Ennis ut Jack.
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