Brokeback Mountain (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: E. Annie Proulx
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Plot: Realism, regional
- Time of Work: The 1960's to 1980's
- Setting: Wyoming
- Principal Characters: Jack Twist, Ennis del Mar
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Discrimination, 1960’s, 1970’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Rural or country life, 1980’s, West, U.S., Accidents, Death or dying, Mountain life, Conformity, Ranches, ranchers, or ranching, Cowboys or cowgirls, Wyoming
- Locales: Wyoming
The Story
Jack Twist and Ennis del Mar are in their late teens when they are hired to tend sheep above the tree line on Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming during the summer of 1963. When the temperature drops in the evening, Ennis wakes Jack up with his teeth chattering, and Jack invites him into his bedroll. The two men have sex and continue to have sex through the rest of the summer, although they never talk about it except when Ennis declares, “I’m not no queer,” and Jack agrees, saying it is a one-shot deal and not anyone else's business.
When the two men separate...
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See Also:
E. Annie Proulx (Cyclopedia of World Authors)E. Annie Proulx (Short Fiction)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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