Wrong Place, Wrong Time?

                Throughout the story Jack and Ennis struggle with not only accepting their feelings towards each other, but also their public image. Ennis tells Jack about two men who lived and worked a ranch together. One of the men was brutally murdered because of their queer relationship. When discussing a recent embrace with Jack, Ennis says, “You and me can’t hardly be decent together if what happened back there… grabs on us like that. We do that in the wrong place we’ll be dead” (269).

                My question is where is the right place for them to be together? Is it Brokeback Mountain, even though their relationship has been seen there?