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  1. Brokeback Mountain Full Plot Summary. “Brokeback Mountain” begins with two italicized paragraphs in present tense that feature the story’s protagonist, Ennis Del Mar, well after the story’s main events have taken place. Ennis, a middle-aged ranch hand, wakes before five in his trailer.

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      A rough-mannered, paycheck-to-paycheck ranch worker. Ennis’s...

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      Brokeback Mountain. Brokeback Mountain looms large in a...

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      A summary of motifs in Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain....

  2. Brokeback Mountain. Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist are both born poor and raised on small ranches on opposite sides of Wyoming, sometime in the midst of the Second World War. Ennis’s parents die when he’s young, so his older brother and sister raise him.

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  4. Summary: “Brokeback Mountain” “Brokeback Mountain,” by award-winning American author Annie Proulx, addresses themes of Masculine Sexuality and the Forbidden Love of Queer Romance , The Inescapable Effects and Momentum of Poverty , and Powerlessness and Loss of Hope .

    • The Introduction
    • The First Summer
    • Four Years Later
    • Relationships
    • The Accident

    "Brokeback Mountain" begins with a brief prologue set in the present, introducing readers to Ennis del Mar. Early on a windy morning Ennis moves about his trailer getting dressed and reheating a pan of stale coffee. The trailer is on an empty ranch whose departing ranch owner instructs Ennis to give the keys to the realtor. Ennis reflects on his de...

    Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist are rough and hardworking high school dropouts who grew up on rundown Wyoming ranches. In 1963 they meet in a Forest Service field office when they're both around 19 and desperate for work. Ennis is engaged to Alma Beers and needs to save for their future together. Jack needs money as well so he is back for a second sum...

    After four years with no contact between them, Jack sends a letter to Ennis telling him he would like to see him. Alma, understanding that Jack is a friend, thinks the three of them will go out for dinner, but Ennis says Jack isn't "a restaurant type," and the two men will simply go out drinking instead. When Jack arrives, Ennis meets him in the ha...

    Ennis and Alma's marriage starts to crumble. She doesn't want any more babies because Ennis doesn't make enough to support them as it is. Never mentioning it to Ennis, she holds on bitterly to the memory of the men's embrace and resentment builds over the time he spends on fishing trips with Jack instead of taking her and their girls on vacation. S...

    Months later Ennis sends a postcard to Jack confirming their get together in November. It "[comes] back stamped DECEASED." Ennis calls Jack's number and his wife Lureen answers. She tells him Jack is dead. He was changing a tire when it blew up in his face, breaking his nose and jaw. Falling unconscious to the ground, he "drowned in his own blood."...

  5. Summary; Chapter 1: Ennis and Jack are hired to herd sheep on Brokeback Mountain. As they spend time together, their friendship deepens into a forbidden romantic relationship. Chapter 2: The summer on Brokeback Mountain comes to an end, and the two men part ways, returning to their respective lives.

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  7. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx is a short story about the love between two men, Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar, set against the backdrop of the American West. The story follows...

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