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what possessed Jack to take that shirt in the first place?
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: Momof2 on August 15, 2006, 09:17:00 am ---I do think Jack took the shirts so he would have something of Ennis'. Not that it is the same, but my oldest sister died while I was a Sophmore in college. I kept alot of her clothes for the simple fact that I wanted a visible physical piece of her. I could take them out and think of her. My little boy will smell something of mine and look at me with the most unbelievable smille and say "It smells like Mommie." Melts my heart. Sents can trigger powerful memories. I smelled a lotion the other day that made me think of my Nana when I was 7 or 8 years old. That was a long time ago, but it was like I was standing in her living room.
I think that Jack knew then that he was in love and I also think that when he said he was going to Lightning Flat to help his folks out through the winter that would be his only connection to Ennis
nd at least he would have something to help get through the winter.
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well put
Katie77:
--- Quote from: Momof2 on August 15, 2006, 09:17:00 am ---I do think Jack took the shirts so he would have something of Ennis'. Not that it is the same, but my oldest sister died while I was a Sophmore in college. I kept alot of her clothes for the simple fact that I wanted a visible physical piece of her. I could take them out and think of her. My little boy will smell something of mine and look at me with the most unbelievable smille and say "It smells like Mommie." Melts my heart. Sents can trigger powerful memories. I smelled a lotion the other day that made me think of my Nana when I was 7 or 8 years old. That was a long time ago, but it was like I was standing in her living room.
I think that Jack knew then that he was in love and I also think that when he said he was going to Lightning Flat to help his folks out through the winter that would be his only connection to Ennis and at least he would have something to help get through the winter.
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I understand completely what you mean, I have been there too......
I also lost my eldest sister, aged 22, back in 1971, and I remember just wanting to smell her clothes....I would feel that she was there with me, instantly...it was something tangible......even years later, i would hold her clothes to try to get some scent of her.
I also have a bottle of the same perfume that I wore when I was 17 when i first met my husband, and as soon as I spray it on, I feel 17 again, and I am back in 1968.
Yes, the power of smell is is wonderful, and I am sure Jack held those shirts many many times to feel Ennis near him.....when I picture him doing that, I am filled with sadness, but also pleased that he had something to cling on to.
Rayn:
"What possessed Jack to take that shirt in the first place?"
To have forever the sheer joy of a secret keepsake of love!
Why else?
Unfortunately, for Ennis, that secret joy turned forever into the deepest secret grief.
Rayn
Scott6373:
--- Quote from: Rayn on October 30, 2006, 10:09:56 am ---"What possessed Jack to take that shirt in the first place?"
To have forever the sheer joy of a secret keepsake of love!
Why else?
Unfortunately, for Ennis, that secret joy turned forever into the deepest secret grief.
Rayn
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If you view the story objectively, you will soon realize that everything that was Jack's secret joy ended up being Ennis' realized grief. One could only hope that as time passed, Ennis viewed the shirt as less a reminder of mistakes made and opportunites missed, but as a visible symbol that good, great and wonderfull things happen all the time in out lives, and most fo them do not enter out lives with thunder claps and brass bands. Rather, they show thmeselves in the soft gentle coming of love.
Rayn:
--- Quote from: Scott6373 on October 30, 2006, 10:33:57 am ---If you view the story objectively, you will soon realize that everything that was Jack's secret joy ended up being Ennis' realized grief. One could only hope that as time passed, Ennis viewed the shirt as less a reminder of mistakes made and opportunites missed, but as a visible symbol that good, great and wonderfull things happen all the time in out lives, and most fo them do not enter out lives with thunder claps and brass bands. Rather, they show thmeselves in the soft gentle coming of love.
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Thank you Scott6373... that's so true, but also, it means a great deal to me in my own life right now and to hear it from the outside from another really helps. Love, old or new, can be confusing sometimes, but when it arrives in your life, the best thing to do is recognize it as a great gift to share with another.
Rayn
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