Brokeback Mountain

I like the beginning of Brokeback Mountain because it is so descriptive of what Ennis is doing. I have a perfect clear image in my head of what is going on in the story which, in my opinion, is good writing. In the story, I'm glad the author gives the reader a background of how the children's life were in the past. Their lives were not easy and they had to work for everything they had. Reading through the story, I can tell the strong friendship that is forming between Ennis and Jack. It was a little hard to understand the dialogue between the two, but it was manageable. I thought the sex scene was a little much but I was expecting something like that from what I have heard about Brokeback Mountain. I felt that it was a little bit awkward after it happened and their friendship was affected by it. I expected that Ennis would marry his fiance because he was embarrassed by what had happened with Jack because it was unusual in the west back then. The same goes for Jack with his situation. I really didn't think they would cheat on their wives with each other and that was very surprising to me. Alma and Ennis had trouble in their marriage with money problems and Alma had suspicion with Ennis and Jack. I didn't think Alma and Ennis would last because of all of their problems and because everyone was so frustrated, Jack and Ennis were having problems as well. I'm glad Ennis and Jack settled their differences before Jack passed away. It was sad in the end when Ennis mourned over Jack's death because he never really had a full on relationship with him. However, the story was a little raunchy for me, but I liked it.