Brokeback Mountain Men and Masculinity Quotes

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Quote #4

They shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions. (38)

Part of the casualness of this good-bye is because they're back in civilization, but part of it is also that guys aren't supposed to show their emotions, or at least, so goes the stereotype. It's only afterwards that Ennis actually feels what he's feeling. That's pretty messed up.

Quote #5

"Got some crushed vertebrates. And a stress fracture, the arm bone here, you know how bullridin you're always leverin it off your thigh?" (65)

There's nothing manlier than injuries… especially those sustained by riding 600 pounds of angry pot roast.

Quote #6

"Nothin like hurtin somebody to make him hear good." (72)

And again with the hurting. Manhood is associated with pain in Jack and Ennis's world. What does that say about Ennis's behavior regarding his affair with Jack?