"I'm gonna tell you this one time, Jack *beep* Twist, an' I ain't foolin'. What I don't know - all them things that I don't know - could get you killed if I come to know them. I ain't jokin"
The way I see it is that if Ennis found out that Jack was sleeping with other man, he would be pissed. Is that what he is trying to say to Jack here?
Ball me Blazer.
Yeah, he figured that Jack was going to Mexico to *beep* other guys. He basically threatened to kill Jack if he came to know that Ennis was doing over there.
share<<Yeah, he figured that Jack was going to Mexico to *beep* other guys. He basically threatened to kill Jack if he came to know that Ennis was doing over there.>>
And shows how deeply conflicted Ennis was. He wouldn't fully commit to Jack, yet refused to accept that Jack had a right to live his own life when he, Ennis, was not around!. Also it shows maybe, how much he, Ennis, was actually dependent upon Jack; for WHAT, I'm less sure! A hope for what 'might have been' maybe.
Best Wishes
Sam
"Jack leaned against the steady heartbeat"
I wondered about that scene too. Since Ennis himself said the most traveling he'd done is around a coffee pot looking for a handle, it seems at least somewhat unlikely that he would have heard about "what they have in Mexico for boys like you....." Thoughts?
shareI'm sure Ennis would have heard plenty of stories in Wyoming about guys who travelled to Mexico--or Denver or San Francisco for that matter--for that kind of sex that was "other than the norm" (not that most of his acquaintances would have put it that way).
"You can't have Ennis without Jack."--Annie Proulx
Anything is possible - is it likely? Mexico was 700 plus miles away. Most of my family were farmers prior to my generation, and they didn't travel too far since the animals needed care at least twice a day whether it was feeding (beef) or feeding + milking cows. I heard a lot of stories growing up and it was never sure which ones were true, exaggerated or just someone's imagination.
shareAnything is possible - is it likely? Mexico was 700 plus miles away. Most of my family were farmers prior to my generation, and they didn't travel too far since the animals needed care at least twice a day whether it was feeding (beef) or feeding + milking cows. I heard a lot of stories growing up and it was never sure which ones were true, exaggerated or just someone's imagination.
I have heard about the farm animals as well, but if anyone did it on the farm when I grew up, they surely didn't admit it. It wasn't mentioned very much where I grew up, fairly religious area might be the reason.
shareI have heard about the farm animals as well, but if anyone did it on the farm when I grew up, they surely didn't admit it. It wasn't mentioned very much where I grew up, fairly religious area might be the reason.
I read about calves, so stuck out my finger. Their tongues are like sandpaper. So, I think a lot of that stuff is just stories. I say that because high school kids talk, even if it is "what they heard" about some distant person. Might be themselves they're talking about but of course, they can't admit it so they say "a friend up north" or something. True enough, with sex or money I wouldn't put anything past anyone either. Most people anyway. Remember the guy that was screwing that woman's horses in the news? He must have been huge for that to be "worthwhile." So it does happen some, just not as often as a wild imagination might tell.
Terence the Greek said in 400 BC "nothing human is alien to me."