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Who had Control and Used it: Jack or Ennis?
loneleeb3:
Thats a tough one. I think Ennis had control physiclly but maybe Jack did emotionally.
jack was intouch with the emotional side of the whole love affair. Ennis could never get there.
You see from the very first night in the tent together that when Ennis is faced with emotion he comes out swinging and Jack has to calm him. I was just watching the movie again and it really struck me how meanand hurtful Ennis can be. When they come down off the mountain instead fo hugging Jack and kissing him and telling him how much he is going to miss him he tries to beat him up. As theyare leaving Aguirres trailer, Jack is looking for any sign that Ennis cares and gets nothing. Every time Jack tries to get close and mention anything close to having a life together Ennis jot only shoots it down but tries to hurt Jack. Like in the stream, he belittles Jack bay saying "Maybe you can get Alma to let you and Lureen adopt the girls." "Oh yeah, your a great thinker". Then right before the Dozy Embrace is probably the most viscious he gets.
I know it's because he he can't show affection so he channels all that passion as anger. But the look on Jacks face each time it's like a knofe is getting pushed in deeper and deeper.
Thats one of the hardest things to watch. You know he loves him more than his own life but can't ever learn how to show it till it's way to late. :'(
chelseagirl:
But it wasn't like Jack was totally at Ennis's will. Ennis may have made the call for the when and the where to meet, made the rules of how the relationship was to be. But, Jack held the sexual keys, and used it.
Jack was not above looking for comfort in Mexico, and there was Randall. To get any further with Ennis, was this something Jack should have used? He did bring up Mexico in the final meeting, which Ennis told him in no uncertain terms he would kill if ever found out anything about his loverand someone else.
Was this a card Jack should have played?
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: chelseagirl on April 26, 2007, 11:05:23 pm ---
But it wasn't like Jack was totally at Ennis's will. Ennis may have made the call for the when and the where to meet, made the rules of how the relationship was to be. But, Jack held the sexual keys, and used it.
Jack was not above looking for comfort in Mexico, and there was Randall. To get any further with Ennis, was this something Jack should have used? He did bring up Mexico in the final meeting, which Ennis told him in no uncertain terms he would kill if ever found out anything about his loverand someone else.
Was this a card Jack should have played?
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Jack brought up Mexico, but obliquely, as a reference (double meaning for him, not Ennis) for a warmer place to go traveling.
I'm not sure if Jack thought Ennis knew what else could be found in Mexico.
Perhaps it had been a subject of conversation about places 'to go' - like Denver - sometime during their 20 years together. But the way Ennis brought it up in the conversation leads me to believe Ennis found this out this bit of information himself.
So Jack didn't bring up Mexico as a place where he could find sex, Ennis did.
chelseagirl:
You're absolutely right. And he knew that's where Jack went. So why keep quiet up until that time, was that the one thing he couldn't keep Jack from doing?
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: chelseagirl on April 26, 2007, 11:54:04 pm ---You're absolutely right. And he knew that's where Jack went. So why keep quiet up until that time, was that the one thing he couldn't keep Jack from doing?
--- End quote ---
Yeah, and I think it crushed him.
I have been in that situation. The man I loved came out and started meeting others and I was so mad and hurt.
I couldn't blame him, I wasn't willing to accept things then and couldn't make the necassary changes in my life. I was jealous, hurt and confused. I know thats how ennis was. What he wanted so bad he felt powerless to do and Jack needing more did what he had to.
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