Fantasy Scenes

[jpwagoneer1964]

God to Jack:

See that fellow of there? He's the answer to your prayes, all those times you prayed on your knees in your room so you would feel all alone, he belongs to you Jack. He's skittish and scard so be gentle with him, don't ever hurt him. Remember you belong to him too.

[jpwagoneer1964]

This may be all you have left but it can move mountains

[jpwagoneer1964]

Ennis thinking:

Sh..t, hav'ta be leavin' here early. Wish Ah could stay here fer ever. Ain't never gonna get ta be with Jack again, things never gonna be like they wuz up here. Can hardly even look at 'm down there, never get ta see him again...never get to ...be with...Aw hell!

[jpwagoneer1964]

Ennis:

If Ah can do somthin' ta Jack's truck mebe he won't be able ta leave.....


Damn!

[jpwagoneer1964]

Ennis: Look what I brought.

Jack looks in the paper bag Ennis gave him: Beans!

Ennis: Gonna fix 'em just the way I use ta.



If you listen Ennis and Jack actually say this.

[jpwagoneer1964]

"Never enough time, never enough"

[jpwagoneer1964]

Jack:
Ennis...ya want I stay here with ya, I mean that bear still out there, might'ta followed you...just want to make sure your ok? So I'll stay with ya in the tent? Watch out fer each other ok?

Ennis:....Uh....Uh huh.

[moremojo]

Ennis Thinking:

Sure is a smooth lookin' fella. Look's ta be a good cowboy, probrably c'n rodio good too, has lots ah girls chasin' 'm. Wunder if its him 'r me fer the job. Hopin' Ah didn't come all this way fer nottin'. They wunda send both of us up ta herd sheep whud they? Now that whud be somin'.

I'm really loving your ongoing ruminations, jpwagoneer1964. Lots of really good insights into the characters, and nice doses of humor to boot.

On this one here, you got me thinking about something that had never occurred to me before. Ennis and Jack might have seen each other as potential rivals for employment outside that Signal trailer. Even with the possible attaction both men felt for one another even then (possible for Ennis, even more likely for Jack), they might have been sizing each other up for far less libidinous reasons. Thanks for introducing me to this idea!

Scott

[jpwagoneer1964]

On this one here, you got me thinking about something that had never occurred to me before. Ennis and Jack might have seen each other as potential rivals for employment outside that Signal trailer. Even with the possible attaction both men felt for one another even then (possible for Ennis, even more likely for Jack), they might have been sizing each other up for far less libidinous reasons. Thanks for introducing me to this idea!

Scott M.

In the book it leads you to believe that Jack was up alone the previous year. "Both enjoying the company of the other where none was expected."

[twistedude]

There is NO WAY they thought of each other as rivals...in the short story, it says "They came together on paper as camp tender" and "sheep herder."

besides, it's only ENNIS that's being standoffishl Jack is, er..friendly (tto say the least).