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welliwont:
Would Jack have quit Ennis?
After many months of pondering this story, (and trying to read Jack's face after the fight by the lake, watching Ennis drive away), some people have concluded that Jack was going to quit Ennis, and that is the subject of today's poll.  How do you think things would have gone between our boys if Jack had not died?

With thanks to Amanda, Clarissa, Katherine, and ClancyPants!   :D

David In Indy:
IMHO.... Jack would NEVER quit Ennis.

That's my humble opinion.  :)

Lynne:
"...Ennis was back on his feet and somehow, as a coat hanger straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been, for what they'd said was no news.  Nothing ended, nothing begun, nothing resolved."
--Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain
IMO, Annie tells us plainly that Jack would never have quit Ennis.  Their relationship would have continued in much the same way it always had if Jack had not died.

JT:
I don't think Jack would quit Ennis just like that.  He loves him too much.  Jack would, however, try to find a new life if things were not changed.  I think Jack did think about quitting Ennis on the final meeting when he thought about the happiest time he had with Ennis--the Dozy Embrace.  I'm a beleiver in hope, so I think Ennis was making progress by sending the last postcard.  So in the November meeting, if Jack didn't die, things would change--a little.  Ennis takes small steps.

RouxB:
Jack would not have quit Ennis-that is part of the tragedy. The two of them would have continued in their love and misery until Ennis came around. I do believe Ennis was making that journey.

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