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Ennis, Cassie and the Twists (revised title)
David:
Oh I know what you mean. I was sooo devastated when Jacks Dad mentioned Randall to Ennis! Up until then, I had hoped that Jack would keep coming up and working on Ennis until he at least had no more child support to worry about.
And I was shocked that Jack had hooked up with Randall. At the Dance hall scene, Jack avoids Randalls eye contact at the table. Then outside on the bench I was inwardly screaming "NO! don't do it Jack! Be faithful to Ennis!"
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on May 09, 2006, 09:00:21 pm ---A poster on TOB called clancypants, who often has really interesting posts, wrote a long essay arguing that Jack DID break up with Ennis -- as a favor to Ennis! To let him off the hook and ease his torment, after he realized in the last argument that Enni was never going to change. Clancypants marshalled all kinds of evidence and made a strong case. But it was just WAY too depressing, and I didn't agree with all the reasoning, so I opted to reject it.
--- End quote ---
LOL, I agree. No surprise there. It is way too depressing to think that Jack really did break up with Ennis. I take comfort in the "I wish I knew how to quit you" line. I don't think he could. Even when Ennis pushes Jack away... Jack moves forward to hug him in that last long embrace. Sort of a metaphor that "he couldn't/ wouldn't let go" no matter what. See, this is me clinging to an optimistic view of the relationship. I can see how strong arguments can be made for the idea that he let Ennis go "as a favor" but I prefer to see it differently. I also think that even if Jack had mentally broken up with Ennis after the argument, he would have gone running back to Ennis if he had lived to receive that last postcard. I really don't question that. I think Ennis still would have had an irresistable pull for Jack.
serious crayons:
Agreed, Amanda. Neither of them could quit. Jack says "wish I could" (rather than "I'm gonna") and then rushes to comfort Ennis. Ennis yells "get the fuck off me" and then reaches out and clutches Jack. In some ways they both probably wish they could quit, for different reasons. But they couldn't and wouldn't, at least not permanently.
Speaking of clancypants, this is OT, but did anyone go read the post s/he wrote on TOB about the symbolism of guns in Brokeback, which someone (as usual, I'm failing to give proper credit) posted a link to last week? Anyway, he presented all these instances in which a gun symbolizes some change in their relationship. It was fascinating -- they all fit perfectly; it was like reading the thread about the buckets. But I noticed clancypants didn't say anything about the lake argument scene. Which got me thinking, wonder if they load a gun into the truck in the lake scene, and it's in some kind of holster or case (which would fit his hypothesis, showing the relationship ending or being packed up)? So later, I watched the lake scene (on YouTube). And SURE ENOUGH, there was the gun -- enclosed in a case.
I was all set to get clancypants over here, until I read that really depressing essay and thought, I don't know if I can take many more of his/her intelligent but devastating theories.
Brown Eyes:
Oh wow... yet another symbol to dig into! I've never thought much about the guns, though I've always thought they probably mean a lot. It's too late to really ponder in-depth tonight. I'll go seek out the thread on the old board. I haven't ventured back that way for a long time... Thanks for the tip.
serious crayons:
I'll see if I can find it and post it here. It really was fascinating.
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