2. Real name: Edna AnnieProulx Born in 1935 American journalist and writer Mainworks: TheShipping News (1993) PulitzerPrize and NationalBookaward Brokeback Mountain(1997) “short storypublished in THE NEW YORKER” O. Henry Prize and TheNational Magazine award. CloseRange, Wyoming storiesBookAwardforBestFiction Biography:
3. Bythesummer of 1963 Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist meteachother at Aguirre’strailer office. Joe Aguirre hiredthemtotakecare of hissheeps. Bythat time of hardwork Ennis and Jack startstheirrelationship, but a complexone. First time theyhave sex: No onerecognizeswhathappens. Aguirre willdiscoverthemhavingrelationships. He doesn’tlikethesituation and inventsan excuse tofirethem. Ennis and Jack willrecovertheirlives: Ennis getsmarriedwith Alma and theywillhave 2 children Jack will do rodeos and meetsLureen in Texas. 4 yearslater Ennis and Jack recovertheirrelationship. For 20 yearstheyspentsporadic time togetherbecausetheyhaveotherobligations. Ennis willknowJack’sDeathby a postcard. Butwedon’tknow in whatcircumstancesbecausethere are twopossibilities: anaccidentor a murderbecause of his sexual condition. At theend Ennis will realice that Jack wasthemostimportantperson in hislife. Plot
4. Themes: HOMOSEXUALITY: Notrecognition of sexual condition: “Theynevertalkedaboutthe sex, letithappen, at firstonly in thetent at night, then in thefuklldaylightwiththehotsunstrikingdown, and at evening in thefireglow, quick, rough, laughing and snorting, no lack of noisesbutsaingnot a goddamwordexcept once Ennis said: “ I’mnot no queer”, and Jack jumped in with “ Me neither. A one-shotthing. Nobody’sbusinessbutours”.” HowThe outsiders seehomosexuality: “Theybelievedthemselves invisible, notknowingJoe Aguirre hadwatchedthemthroughhisbinocularsfor ten minutes oneday, waitinguntilthey’dbuttoned up their jeans, waitinguntil Ennis rode back tothesheep […] ThenextweekJoe Aguirre sentwordtobringthemdown […]and theypacked in thegame and moved offthemountainwiththesheep, stonesrolling at theirheels, purplecloudcrowding in frontthewest and the metal smell of comingsnow pressing themon.”
5. “ Therewasthistwooldguysranchedtogetherdownhom, Earl and Rich – Dad woukldpass a remarkwhen he seenthem. Theywas a jokeeventoughtheywasprettytougholdbirds. I waswhat, nineyearsold and theyfoundEarldead in a irrigationditch. They’dtook a tire irontohim, spurredhim up, drughimarroundbyhisdickuntillitpulled off, justbloodypulp. Whatthe tire iron done lookedlikepieces a burnedtomatoesalloverhim, nosetoredownfromskiddinongravel.” Homosexuality as perverssion “ Don’t lie, don’t try tofool me, Ennis. I knowwhatitmeans: Jack Twist? Jack Nasty. You and him—”[…]” “Shut up”, he said. “Mindyourownbusiness. Youdon’tknownnothinaboutit””. Themes (II)
