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Section 1 pp. 253-258

• The following version of this story was used to create this lesson plan: Proulx, Annie. “Brokeback Mountain.” Close Range: Wyoming Stories. Scribner. New York. 1999. Pp. 253-283.

• The story, written in third-person, opens with Ennis Del Mar.

• Ennis wakes up in his trailer before 5 a.m.

• Ennis proceeds to make coffee by heating up old coffee in “a chipped enamel pan” (253).

• Ennis urinates in the sink before putting on his clothes, which were hanging on a nail by the door.

• The wind is so strong it rocks the trailer and can be heard booming outside.

• The ranch where Ennis has been living is on the market and he has to be moved out that morning.

• He thinks he may have to stay with his eldest daughter.

• The night before he dreamed of Jack Twist.

• The narrative shifts back to the past offering some background on Ennis...

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