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A Harmonica bet (Now that we have the DVD)
SFEnnisSF:
--- Quote from: ruthlesslyunsentimental on June 26, 2006, 06:20:30 pm ---I think the harmonica continues the Jack as Wind metaphor. It's a wind instrument that only plays when someone blows wind into it. Jack plays "He Was a Friend of Mine" a couple of times -- foreshadowing his own death.
I think Ennis' comment about the harmonica breaking in two is symbolic of Jack's death and the fact that he was broken in two... half of his ashes in Texas and half of them in Lightning Flat.
I'm new here so if this has been mentioned before...
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I had never thought of that or seen it posted/discussed. Thank you! ;)
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: ruthlesslyunsentimental on June 26, 2006, 06:20:30 pm ---I think the harmonica continues the Jack as Wind metaphor. It's a wind instrument that only plays when someone blows wind into it. Jack plays "He Was a Friend of Mine" a couple of times -- foreshadowing his own death.
I think Ennis' comment about the harmonica breaking in two is symbolic of Jack's death and the fact that he was broken in two... half of his ashes in Texas and half of them in Lightning Flat.
I'm new here so if this has been mentioned before...
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Most excellent observation indeed! I'm the resident advocate/ biggest fan of the Jack and the wind metaphor. I've never heard anyone discuss the harmonica that way! Awesome indeed. Welcome to BetterMost. Have a piece of cherry cake. And you might like to post your cool idea in the Jack and the Wind thread! I'm sure it would be much appreciated.
:D
Well, around these parts the thread is actually called "I was supposed to control the weather-Jack and the Wind" http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=1097.0
newyearsday:
--- Quote from: ruthlesslyunsentimental on June 26, 2006, 06:20:30 pm ---I think the harmonica continues the Jack as Wind metaphor. It's a wind instrument that only plays when someone blows wind into it. Jack plays "He Was a Friend of Mine" a couple of times -- foreshadowing his own death.
I think Ennis' comment about the harmonica breaking in two is symbolic of Jack's death and the fact that he was broken in two... half of his ashes in Texas and half of them in Lightning Flat.
I'm new here so if this has been mentioned before...
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A very sharp observation indeed, ruthlesslyunsentimental. In the way that it's a teasing comment but also one about death, it kind of reminds me of the comment Ennis makes the night before the Lake Scene, when Jack is talking about how he's afaid he'll "get shot by Lureen or the husband each time [he] slips off to see her," and Ennis says, with a smile, "You probly deserve it," not realizing that Jack'll be gone forever sooner than Ennis realizes.
And I'll add a very warm welcome to you too! Hope you like it here and will come back and see us again (real soon, not just sometime).
Jenny
ruthlesslyunsentimental:
--- Quote from: newyearsday on June 26, 2006, 11:09:23 pm ---it kind of reminds me of the comment Ennis makes the night before the Lake Scene, when Jack is talking about how he's afaid he'll "get shot by Lureen or the husband each time [he] slips off to see her," and Ennis says, with a smile, "You probly deserve it," not realizing that Jack'll be gone forever sooner than Ennis realizes.
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I agree. It also reminds me of the river (reunion) scene when Ennis said he was glad Jack forgot to bring the harmonica. There, they didn't need (or want?) the harmonica as a harbinger of Jack's death. But Ennis sure threw one in with his story of Earl. :'(
Ellemeno:
Thanks for the observation, ru. I LOVE the harmonica.
As to the bet: I hear something different than either you, Mandy, or you, Jenny. I hear, "Woulda broken too."
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