I admit that I am going though a little "lost withdrawal" right now, but do you think their are any clues about the show in the "Bad Twin" book? This story keeps referencing other books such as "Trent's Last Case" by E.C.Bently, "The Divine Comedy" by Dante, and "The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott Fitzgerald. I am probably reading too much into this, but I was just wondering if anyone thinks the writers of lost have been gleaning their inspiration for the show from some of these classics. If you think they are, do you think we could we gain a little insight on the show from some of these books? Or, again, I could be reading way too much into this, and just need to be patient until 10/4/2006.
2006-08-27 03:10:04 · 4 answers · asked by Josie 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Episodes often mention or incorporate literary works, a point of interest to fans who try to connect them to Lost's mythology. While certain books are read by characters, others are referenced in dialogue, and some have just been glimpsed.
Sawyer is frequently shown reading, initially the books he finds in the plane wreckage, a habit which eventually leads to his hyperopia. In "White Rabbit" he spends time with Watership Down, an account of a group of rabbits trying to find a new warren. In the later episode "Numbers," Sawyer starts A Wrinkle in Time, a children's fantasy novel about a group of adolescents who rescue a lost father, which contains Christian undertones about a universal battle between darkness and light. In "The Whole Truth," Sawyer is reading Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, a teen novel about menstruation, when Sun asks him for a pregnancy test. He calls the book "predictable."
Biblical stories and psalms have been pointedly used by Mr. Eko, such as the story of King Josiah (from 2 Kings, chapters 22 and 23), which he related to Locke in "What Kate Did," and the recitation of the 23rd Psalm in the following episode.
The Third Policeman is seen when Desmond is packing before fleeing the underground bunker in "Orientation." Craig Wright, who co-wrote the episode, told the Chicago Tribune that, "Whoever goes out and buys the book will have a lot more ammunition in their back pocket as they theorize about the show. They will have a lot more to speculate about — and, no small thing, they will have read a really great book."
In "One of Them," a man who claims to be "Henry Gale" is captured and imprisoned by the survivors. Series writer Damon Lindelof has said that the character's name alludes to Dorothy's uncle from The Wizard of Oz.
Locke gives a copy of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov to Gale during his captivity in "Maternity Leave." Gale asks if he could have a Stephen King novel instead. Shortly afterwards, Locke relates to Jack that Ernest Hemingway felt that he lived in Dostoyevsky's shadow, a situation which Gale takes to refer to the relationship between his two main captors.
The dialogue between characters occasionally refers to literature, sometimes in off-the-cuff remarks, to add context to the plot. In "White Rabbit," John Locke converses with Jack, who believes he may be going crazy chasing someone who is "not there." Locke refers to this as "the white rabbit" from Alice in Wonderland and makes his first declaration of the special nature of the Island, "Is your White Rabbit a hallucination? Probably. But what if everything that happened here happened for a reason?"
Other books that have been briefly glimpsed on screen or alluded to in conversation include: Heart of Darkness, Lord of the Flies, The Turn of the Screw, Walker Percy's Lancelot, and An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.
2006-08-28 20:14:59 · answer #1 · answered by LEO 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea i've read about 80 pages so far...well he's trying to find a lost twin from the WIDMORE family...the family that owns the Hanso foundation...and in the book he goes to the office to meet with the missing twins brothers but accidentally goes to the wrong floor and it talks about seeing a bunch of almost robotic people walking around in white lab coats...the woman at the desk tells him it's the Hanso foundation headquarters...
2006-08-27 03:22:23 · answer #2 · answered by jeremy b 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I haven't. I work in a bookstore, and we also couldn't give the thng away. I'm sure you're fine without it.
2006-08-27 03:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry, i know this isnt an answer but...WE LOOK THE SAME...hahaha i think its because im tired but i think its really funny
2006-08-27 04:05:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋