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Ennis or Jack? Which one did you identify with more?
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: Kea on April 04, 2006, 02:12:30 am ---This is a great question..
I have been thinking alot about it.
I always saw myself as an Ennis. Simply cos I was cautious, shy and more afraid. BUt after the movie ,I discovered that I am realy truly deep inside a Jack...I have always been that way...
I just pushed him down deep, quite like the way Ennis pushed away Jack with his hopes , his dreaming....
except my Ennis's were people and circumstances that made me somehow feel it was wrong to be a Jack ...to be starry eyed...to be a romantic .... that I had to grow up...
so I changed and became a very poor impression of Ennis....it is not then surprising how miserable I have become..
There would be times when "jack" would slip to the surface...when I would be really me.....but it saced me ..Being Jack means being very vulnerable and open to being hurt......
it was hard to decide what or who to be....
I think over the last couple of weeks I have come to realize that I need to be Jack.......even if I risk the tire iron..( sorry for the analogy bashing ) ....cos there is not other way to live......for me at least.
I know I wont be silly about my choices cos I still have my Ennis lurking about ...saying .." it aint gonna be like this " ..
It is a hard thing to say sorry to your own spirit that you have shoved away and devalued.....and let other devalue...
...When I see Jack on the screen..I want to hug him and say sorry too...for not accepting him as part of who I am.....of not giving him a place in my life...
maybe I have had my "Jack ,I swear ......" moment too
hoping this makes sense to someone else..
hugs
Kea
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Wow! It sure makes sense to me.
I never thought about myself being like Jack until I read your post.
Right now I am Ennis however I used to be Jack before life beat it out of me.
Hopefully one day I can join the two and be a whole person.
Jack and Ennis are like that Chinese symbol (Yin and Yang I think) they are a part and parcel of each other . You really couldn't have one without the other in any meaningful way.
moremojo:
--- Quote from: loneleeb3 on May 02, 2007, 01:01:45 pm ---Jack and Ennis are like that Chinese symbol (Yin and Yang I think) they are a part and parcel of each other . You really couldn't have one without the other in any meaningful way.
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Annie Proulx wrote as much herself, in describing her inspiration for the characters and their story on that fateful visit to Sheridan's Mint Bar. When Ennis came to her mind, Jack soon appeared, "for you can't have Ennis without Jack."
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: moremojo on May 02, 2007, 03:58:38 pm ---Annie Proulx wrote as much herself, in describing her inspiration for the characters and their story on that fateful visit to Sheridan's Mint Bar. When Ennis came to her mind, Jack soon appeared, "for you can't have Ennis without Jack."
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Wow. I can't believe I was thinking like Annie!
Maybe I'm smarter than I thought! :o
Brown Eyes:
I am much more of an Ennis-type in terms of my own personality. I say this mostly because in my "real life" I'm often sort of a loner. But, I'm attracted to Jack-types. And, I think that's how it should be... or at least it's not surprising.
Front-Ranger:
Okay there are a lot of Ennises and very few Jacks. Why is that anyway? I am a Jack and I would like another Jack to keep me company. (Is that possible or recommended?) But I keep running into Ennises and getting entangled with them. Where are all the Jacks hiding??
:P
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