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Wood in the bag: a movie question
DeeDee:
Just goes to show you, many lessons can be learned from this movie...
;)
Jeff Wrangler:
Are you all really sure that's firewood? When Jack is hauling it up, I've always thought it was a side of heavily smoked bacon. Seriously!
MaineWriter:
It really looks like wood to me, Jeff W.
Lynne:
I haven't been able to tell what's in the bag; I guess I assumed it was food to keep away from bears...but the notion of Jack hoisting something to me implies that he is one who elevates, which jibes with other analyses of Jack being represented by air/wind/sky.
I've seen this theme in some other writing - Walker Percy, The Second Coming, specifically. This idea can be expanded if you consider how Jack is the idealist, the one who longs for the 'sweet life', the one who manages to lift Ennis out of his 'miserable life', at least from time to time.
Jack always seemed to me as being 'too good/innocent to survive in this world' - I had that sense in the mountains - at least from the Pentecost discussion on...' His spirit is destined to be raised.
Just my thoughts...
Lynne
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: lnicoll on April 02, 2006, 10:02:29 pm ---It really looks like wood to me, Jeff W.
--- End quote ---
Well, with any luck, I'll get to take another look on Tuesday. 8^)
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