A few thoughts on The Cost of Living
- When Eko moved the rocks away from the plane, his brother wasn't there, this is quite like the ressurection of Jesus.
- Colleen's funeral was a Hindu funeral, Dharma (not DHARMA) is a sort of guide to the way of living in Hindi.
- Locke said he saw a white light, maybe its a different monster from the black smoke, which plays on the "there are two sides, one is light, one is dark" thing that Locke said near the beginning
Julliette told Jack that the secret message video was To Kill a Mockingbird. It has been seen before that books in the show hold parallels to the TV shows (i.e. The Mutual Friend).
So here are a few thoughts I have...
The book is written with Scout reminscing about her childhood, much later on in her life. At the beginning of Series 1, when Charlie flashbacks about his time on the plane, we see him walk slowly to the front of the plane, but in Jack's flashback, Charlie is running past.
Although it wouldn't really help with getting to the bottom of the island, maybe the story of the island is being reminisced by the people on the island, which would account for these inconsistencies, and why the flashbacks occur (because they are making parallels between their island and off island life).
Scout and Jem keep poking fun at Boo Radley (a boy who has been locked in his house pretty much all his life), until Atticus (their father tells them to stop), but then they go right up to Boo Radleys house to see if they can see him, Nathan (Boo's father) then shoots at them.
Is this not kind of like the losties aggravating the others, until that guy (forgot his name) gives the whole "this is our island, don't cross the line" speech?
Another story line is the trial of Tom Robinson, he is accused of raping a girl, even though it is obvious that the girls father did it. Because this is set in the southern states of america just after the abolition of black slavery, the jury is racist and finds Tom guilty. Bob Ewell (the father) is pissed because Atticus (Tom's lawyer) made a fool out of him in the court case, and so he attacks Atticus's children outside Boo Radley's house, Boo finally comes out of his house and kills Bob, thus saving the kids lives.
Someone much smarter than me will be able to find a stronger link. But I am reminded of Sawyer making a fool out of Pickett when he takes his gun. Then when Sun kills his wife, he takes it out on Sawyer.
Maybe the split with the others (Julliette vs Ben) is a larger scale, Ben's team being Bob, and Julliette's being Boo Radley; Ben's group seems intent on punishing the losties while Julliette wants to protect them, which is why Julliette (Boo) wants to kill Ben (Atticus).
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