Thanks Lynne!!
It is confusing? Annie talks about the Pentacost; so does the film??
Maybe the 2 scriptwriters added and/or changed Annie's words or added their own words??
So, you say that maybe Jack says this: 'when fellas like you and me march off to hell',
so Ennis replies to that as he says he is a virgin!!?? It seems... so, in the film!!
Wonder how many times hell is mentioned in Annie's story??
So if it is not rapture, then it is what??
Rapture maybe in a sense since Jack had Ennis's shirt in his??
Awaiting your news,
hugs!!
Annie writes that "...[Jack] favored a sad hymn,
Water Walkin' Jesus, learned from his mother who believed in the Pentecost...'
The screenwriters turn that into a conversation where Ennis questions Jack...I can't quote it verbatim, but along the lines of 'What is the Pentecost? My folks, uh, they was Methodists.' This always strikes me as sweetly innocent - that Ennis doesn't understand that Methodists would also believe in the Pentecost.
As far as I know, it's a basic tenet of most if not all Christian religions. Ennis lost his mother when he was young, though, so I doubt she had the opportunity to teach him all she would have wanted to. Though certainly, Ennis' father managed to scar him irreparably in the short time he was alive.
And then, of course, the script goes on with the joke...'You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity,' which I think is commonly accepted to be Ennis' declaring his virginity to Jack.
My confusion surrounds what exactly Jack is talking about when he says 'guys like you and me, marching off to hell.' I now think he has the Pentecost confused with the Final Judgment. Earlier, I mistakenly said the Rapture.
Regarding how many times hell is mentioned, that's an interesting question. There's plenty of swearing, but in terms of its use as a noun, I'm not sure - it'd be interesting to analyze it, I would think.