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Ennis and Old Man Twist
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: atz75 on June 08, 2007, 12:38:58 am ---I'm reviving this because Old Man Twist has again reared his head as a figure of considerable controversy. He's (at the very least) interesting and invigorating to debate.
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YOU BET. ;D :laugh: ;)
Brown Eyes:
Sure enough!
Rayn:
OK, about this topic... Here' s my ten cents worth:
We all know how Ennis reacted to people who threatened people he loved or him, or pissed him off or otherwise got under his skin. He focused his anger and got brutal sometimes. He had a temper even Jack felt early on, eh? So, I don't think Ennis and John Twist would have lasted very long on the same ranch. Now, also, Ennis was pretty respectful of people. He addresses Mr.Twist at "Sir" which is from his upbringing and he remained quiet in the face of what was rather callous and hostile treatment from John. Granted, at the time, Ennis was grief stricken, so how long that respect would have held under every day work situations, is hard to tell, but I'd bet a month or less.
Yes, Mrs. Twist and he would have been OK, but I don't see Ennis doing anything but attempting to be careful and respectful of John Twist at first, but at the first sign of serious abuse or injustice, Ennis would have confronted it and then packed up and left, with or without Jack. Not that he'd have been afraid. If anything, he'd have been afraid of what might happen if he stayed!
And yeah, in the book it goes into how John Twist abused Jack in a horrible way, humiliated him and abused him. We don't know if Jack ever told Ennis about it, but it was there and if the three were living together, it could have very well come up, and again, I don't think Ennis could have put up with it.
I do think it strange that Jack thought Ennis, and Randall too, could've lived there, coupled together. In some ways it indicates that Jack may have been rather out of touch with what normal, healthy families are like. When abuse is all you know and you have nothing to compare it to, you think it's "normal". John Twist was a nasty, hateful old buzzard as stubborn as the summer is long. His own wife was afraid of him. And although I'm not one of them, some Brokies think he may even have hated Jack's orientation enough to have had a hand in his son's own murder.
Personally, I believe Lureen's story about how Jack died, but that's what some Brokies think.
There, that's eleven cents.... I overdid it! ;)
Brown Eyes:
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