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Symbolism: Ennis and the mules
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on June 20, 2006, 10:12:17 am ---The idea of Jack as birds/angels sounds right to me. And I agree with Front-Ranger that Annie made the Jack-eagle association more explicit, but it would have been politically dicey to do so in a movie these days, so they chose not to play that up.
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Emphasis mine
Off-topic, but I'm curious:
I missed this remark the first time the thread was around. Why should the Jack/eagle association be politically dicey?
nakymaton:
It's illegal to shoot bald eagles, and the rules around keeping eagle feathers are complicated. (Bald eagles are an endangered species, though they're doing a lot better now that DDT isn't used any more. Eagle feathers are sacred to at least some American Indian tribes, but getting them for ritual purposes is complicated. If Jack, an Anglo kid, had an eagle feather, he would have been breaking the law, among other things.)
Penthesilea:
Thanks Mel! :)
Front-Ranger:
A nice photo of Ennis with subject mules.
Front-Ranger:
And another, also with sheep since we're talking about them too.
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