"Walk The Line"

In the movie, "Walk The Line", there is a scene where Johnny Cash's brother is working to cut wood. Johnny is a young boy, and his brother Jack is about 15 years old. Here is a description of his death "Cash was very close to his older brother, Jack. In May 1944, Jack was pulled into a whirling head saw in the mill where he worked and was almost cut in two. He suffered for over a week before he died on May 20, 1944, at age 15. Cash often spoke of the horrible guilt he felt over this incident. According to Cash: The Autobiography, his father was away that morning, but he and his mother, and Jack himself, all had premonitions or a sense of foreboding about that day, causing his mother to urge Jack to skip work and go fishing with his brother. Jack insisted on working, as the family needed the money. On his deathbed, Jack said he had visions of heaven and angels. Decades later, Cash spoke of looking forward to meeting his brother in heaven."   This is very similar to "Out, Out--", where the boy makes a request on his death bed, and then, is gone. He is also a boy doing a "man's work", like Jack.