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OK students, compare and contrast Roy Hobbs &
Jeremiah Johnson.
WOW John! I've thunk on it and, you've done it. I'm
at a loss but, will 'file' this description.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: January 01, 2005 20:57
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Jeremiah
Johnson
Lance - Jeff
Although I would be
described as a people person, I could live without people quite
nicely. If I ever decide to write a bio, you might understand
why. But , again, this is one people person who could live without
them. Years ago, I spent two different summers in the high
country of the California wilderness. I took a tent, clothing, a
shot gun and fishing tackle (no lures, not pole). I shot
blue jays ( a bird I dispise) and ate their breasts --
look likes and tastes like dove. I ran trot lines; harvested
young growth cat tails (kind of looks like celery but tasts sweet) and
mushrooms (taken from any growth on trees). I found wild
union, asparagus. The only food I imported or had someone
bring up was potatoes.
I traveled several hundred miles in
wilderness (on other occasions) -- I simply fell in
love with what I knew was from the hand of God. I can't go in anymore,
except on horse back -- which me and the boys might just do
this coming summer.
Anyway, I just felt like I
understood Johnson. His anger and decision to prosecute those who
had brought his family harm would have been my decision. The
difference between he and I is this: the movey would have been
much shorter -- ending at the first indian I
attacked. Aaaahhhh hhheeemmmm !!!
If you
ever meet me, I think you will see what could be a bit of the
mountain man in the way I look. A "fact" that makes me think I was
born much too late in history. Fantasy, I know -- but
a better one no is not possible.
JD
In a message dated 1/1/2005
12:32:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I really don't know Lance. I find it strange that Johnson
wanted to be a mountan man long after the "Shining Times" of the mountan
men. What I mean is that at the beginning of the movie we see Johnson
heading west looking for a place to trap, "beavers, bears, fox, and such..."
Along with the clothing etc. (Johnson's cavalry britches) we are led to
assume that here is a man that has seen way too much death and destruction
following the Civil War. This is reinforced by Will Geer's character,Bear
Claw, who comments on the fact that there must have been another war "down
there".
Consider Bear Claw for a moment,
he was one of the last of the old time mountain men. That period was from
around 1820-40 give or take a few years. The last war he might have been
aware of would have been the was of 1812. So anyway, heres Johnson a man who
has decided to leave civilization behind. Why, I think the horror and pain
of the war pushed him to seek solitude to heal his broken spirit. But as we
know that is not what happened. When I first saw this movie I enjoyed it
because of my interest in the mountain men, etc. an interest that grew for
many years and led to a little Historical reenacting on my part. Funny how
things work out though, reenacting for me became focused on the French and
Indian Wars instead of the fur trade period.
Where was I going with this?
donno? Lets see what you guys have to say?
Jeff
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