Everyone has his own “ Brokeback mountain”

Everyone has his own “ Brokeback mountain”

NAME: 야오띠원 (Yao Diwen )

STUDENT NUMBER:0765605

NATIONALITY:CHINA

MAJOR: Major in Korean Language & Literature

(북경제2외국어대학교 교환학생)

What is love? Is it a relationship or just a feeling? Is it care about sex?

Homosexuality is an old heavy polemic debate. Homosexual relationships and acts

have been admired as well as condemned throughout recorded history, depending on

the form they took and the culture in which they occurred. Love is a right which only

be care about with two people. No matter the age the status, even the sex. So I think

Everyone has his own “ Brokeback mountain”

In the Silver Screen, there are a lot of films which tell about the Homosexuality.

They challenge the traditional orthodox ideas. For example, the

mountain>is a worth seeing work.

Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 American romantic-drama film that depicts the

complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the American West from

1963 to 1983.

The film was directed by chinese director Ang Lee from a screenplay by Diana Ossana

and Larry McMurtry, which they adapted from the short story Brokeback Mountain by

Annie Proulx.

The plot

Brokeback Mountain is the story of ranch hand Ennis del Mar (Heath Ledger) and

rodeo cowboy Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal), two young men who meet and fall in love on

the fictional Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming in 1963. The film documents their

complex relationship over the next twenty years.

Ennis and Jack first meet when they are hired by Joe Aguirre (Randy Quaid) to

herd his sheep through the summer. During the long months of isolation, a bond begins

to develop between the two. One night, after heavy drinking, Jack makes a sexual

pass at Ennis, who initially is apprehensive, but then succumbs to Jack's advances.

Although he warns Jack it was only a one-time incident, Ennis finds himself

becoming involved in both a physical and a powerful emotional relationship with his

partner through the rest of their tenure. Shortly after learning their summer together is

being cut short unexpectedly, they briefly fight, during which each is bloodied.

As the years pass, the marriages of both men deteriorate. Alma's awareness of the

real nature of her husband's "fishing trips" with Jack have created a strain on the

couple's relationship, and eventually they divorce. Meanwhile, Lureen has abandoned

her fun-loving ways and become a straight-laced businesswoman who expects Jack to

settle down and work in sales, a career for which he has talent but no drive. Hearing

about Ennis's divorce, Jack drives to Wyoming in hopes they can live together at last, but Ennis refuses to move away from his children and is still fearful of possible

repercussions if their relationship becomes public.

At the end of a camping trip, Ennis tells Jack he has to cancel their next outing

because of his job, and an argument erupts. Ennis blames Jack for "making me the

way I am" and for being the cause of his conflicted emotions, feeling they have

trapped him and ruined his life. Jack attempts to hold him and there is a brief struggle,

but they end up locked in an embrace.

In the final scene, 19-year-old Alma Jr. (Kate Mara) arrives at her father's trailer

with the news she's engaged. She asks Ennis for his blessings and invites him to the

wedding. Ennis, finally aware of the importance of love in a relationship and marriage,

asks her if her fiancé really loves her. After Alma's departure, Ennis notices she has

forgotten her sweater, which he folds and puts in the closet. Inside, hanging on a nail

pounded into the door, are the two shirts with a postcard of Brokeback Mountain

tacked alongside. Now, Jack's shirt is tucked inside of Ennis's. Ennis carefully fastens

the top button of Jack's shirt, and with tears in his eyes mutters, "Jack, I swear..."

while slowly straightening the postcard.

The sentiment

How do we imagine the western America? Rocky mountains, extremely blue sky,

strong flying eagles, and cowboys not only brave but also with fabulous looks. Or, a

picture created by the famous “Hotel California”, chilly and breathtaking, your head is

growing heavy and your sight is growing dim, then, currently you come across a girl

with all kinds of attractions: charming, hearty, with a lovely sense of mysterious. You

can have a glass of beer with her, you can talk until she told you the most precious

philosophy: we are all just prisoners here, of our own device. However, these

imaginations are definitely change by the hottest movie of the year, that is

“Brokeback Mountain” by Ang Lee, no doubt.

The lonesome chill that seeps through Ang Lee's epic western, Brokeback