Although both men embrace the rural life-style (Ennis del Mar wants to be a rancher, Jack Twist attempts to become a “weekend warrior”-kind of rodeo bull rider), there are personality differences between them. As Kenneth Turan, writing for The Los Angeles Times noted, “Jack is the showier character, the livelier wire, while Ennis is somber and grounded, the boy orphaned young who never came to trust the world.” (1)