One night in the chatroom, someone asked what lines the other people felt were most emblematic of the whole movie. Everybody started shooting out the obvious lines: "If you can't fix it, you've gotta stand it," for instance.
But what was interesting was that. as we went along, just about every line we named somehow encapsulated the themes of the movie as a whole: "No more beans." "This is a goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation." "Ain't no reins on this one." "I think my dad was right." Even the goofiest and most seemingly minor lines seemed to carry some larger meaning.
So let's talk about lines that resonate with meaning (including those above). Name a line, then discuss its meaning -- the less obvious the better. I'll modestly start with my own username:
"I need crayons."
Doesn't Ennis need crayons -- that is, some color in his life? Don't we all need crayons? But Ennis is denying it, telling hiimself "not now" (if ever). Responsibilities come first.
