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What if Jack gave Ennis an ultimatum? Come with me to Mexico or it,s over.

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Jane:
Do you think Ennis would have been so terrified at the prospect of never seeing Jack again that he,d have said"to hell with it" and gone with him, or stayed where he was and pined.  Would the thought of knowing that Jack would probably spend the rest of his life picking up male prostitutes driven Ennis so crazy with jealousy it would  be enough to make him go?  Or do you think he,d have tried to get him to stay?  I,ve often wondered that, just wondered what you lot thought. hmmmmmmmmm. :-\ :-\

opinionista:
I'm not sure what your point is but I don't think Ennis would've changed his mind. Jack does give Ennis a ultimatum when he says "You used to come easy, now is like seeing the Pope" and later in the argument when he adds:

Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together! Fuckin' real good life! Had us a place of our own. But you didn't want it, Ennis! So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain! Everything's built on that! That's all we got, boy, fuckin' all. So I hope you know that, even if you don't never know the rest! You count the damn few times we have been together in nearly twenty years and you measure the short fucking leash you keep me on - and then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get. You have no idea how bad it gets! I'm not you... I can't make it on a coupla high-altitude fucks once or twice a year! You are too much for me Ennis, you sonofawhoreson bitch! I wish I knew how to quit you.

When Jack says "I wish I knew how to quit you" the first thing Ennis says is "Why don't you?". I know Ennis's answer can be intepreted in many ways, but it made me think that maybe Ennis also thought about the possibility of a break up. I guess Ennis knew deep in his heart Jack wasn't happy anymore. And he didn't know what else to do. Ennis felt he couldn't give Jack what he wanted. He loved him but he couldn't deal with the fact that Jack was a man.

ednbarby:
I agree.  I don't think anything Jack could have said would have changed his mind, unfortunately.  It took his dying to do that.   :'(

Jane:
My point is, I just wondered what would have happened. It was just a thought.  yes I know what Jack said to Ennis in their final scene together about the fact that they could have had a good life together.  Like I said, it was just a thought.  Wasnt meant  to start ww3 or anything. ::)

opinionista:

--- Quote from: Jane on May 30, 2006, 10:36:11 am ---My point is, I just wondered what would have happened. It was just a thought.  yes I know what Jack said to Ennis in their final scene together about the fact that they could have had a good life together.  Like I said, it was just a thought.  Wasnt ment to start ww3 or anything. ::)

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It's ok, Its a good thread. I just wanted to make sure what did you mean by it in case I was misunderstanding you or something.

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