Brokeback Mountain

After watching the movie and then reading the short story, I noticed some differences. In the short story Jack and Ennis are 19 years old. To me that gives the story a whole new twist. In the movie, the two men are older which I think gives off a different perception. Men at that age should have their life under control. They should know where their path is leading too. The short story also gave a more detailed description of what the men looked like. From the movie you saw two handsome men trying to make a living. In the short story the men were poor, filthy and ugly. This perception gave us, as readers, the idea that Jack and Ennis really had nothing in their lives. The movie atleast gave us the idea that they had something, not much, but something. Between the two texts I enjoyed the short story because it was more detailed then the movie. Over all I enjoyed reading and discussing both forms of the text.