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“Brokeback Mountain” is a short story by American author Annie Proulx that was first published in The New Yorker in 1997
. The story follows the lives of two young men, Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, who meet and fall in love while working as sheepherders on Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming in the summer of 1963. The narrative explores themes of love, desire, and the constraints of societal expectations. “Brokeback Mountain” was adapted into a critically acclaimed film directed by Ang Lee and starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as Ennis and Jack in 2005.Explore a full story summary, in-depth character analyses of Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, and important quotes from “Brokeback Mountain.”
