The concept of "normal" depends on the influence of society and its standards. In the article called "What is Normal in Our Society", David Dalton explains that "being normal means to do things that are exceptionally dominant in a common society" (Dalton 5). Jack and Ennis acted normally when they both had wives and kids like every the other cowboy. They presented themselves as regular citizens around people even though they had feelings for each other because they knew homosexuality was ridiculed and strictly forbidden in society at that time. To be together as a couple, they could have stepped out of their comfort zone to become the chain reaction to deconstruct cowboy in their community. Although it was frowned upon, hiding their relationship would make things harder for them. In some cases, they might even have meet people who also shared the same issues. They couldn’t expect a change to occur by itself, they had to take a leap of faith before anything changes, and maybe the definition or “normal” would change slowly, but
The concept of "normal" depends on the influence of society and its standards. In the article called "What is Normal in Our Society", David Dalton explains that "being normal means to do things that are exceptionally dominant in a common society" (Dalton 5). Jack and Ennis acted normally when they both had wives and kids like every the other cowboy. They presented themselves as regular citizens around people even though they had feelings for each other because they knew homosexuality was ridiculed and strictly forbidden in society at that time. To be together as a couple, they could have stepped out of their comfort zone to become the chain reaction to deconstruct cowboy in their community. Although it was frowned upon, hiding their relationship would make things harder for them. In some cases, they might even have meet people who also shared the same issues. They couldn’t expect a change to occur by itself, they had to take a leap of faith before anything changes, and maybe the definition or “normal” would change slowly, but