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- Some good stuff on the title of tonight’s episode, “LaFleur.” Of course, that’s the Creole-inspired alias Sawyer takes on, but here’s some good stuff:
”LaFleur.” Which is flower in French. Which reminds me of Ulysses, the James Joyce novel that Lost dropped into its mix o’ hyperlink literary references two episodes ago. In the book, there’s a pathetically poignant bit of business in which Everyman mock hero Leopold Bloom — painfully aware that his wife is having an affair with another man — tries to get into the infidelity game himself by trading correspondence with a would-be mistress using the pseudonym ”Henry Flower.” We learn all this while the Irishman wanders around his island town, lost in a daze, deliberating whether to open his potential lover’s latest letter and pondering his father’s suicide.
Application to Lost: Letters? Pseudonyms? A character with a father who committed suicide? A character who may or may not be on the verge of romance with another woman? Hmmm: Sounds like Sawyer to me. Maybe we’ll see if he’s grown any closer to his would-be gal pal, Juliet — and how Kate’s return to the Island might affect all that.
The intersection of Lost, ”LaFleur,” Flower, and Ulysses leads us to another suggestive possibility. Each chapter in Ulysses correlates to a chapter in Homer’s The Odyssey. The aforementioned Bloom chapter is modeled after ”The Lotus-Eaters,” in which voyaging Odysseus and his crew discover an island community of peaceful, blissed-out people hooked on lotus flowers. Many of Odysseus’ men get addicted to the narcotic plant themselves and lose their desire to go back home. Odysseus must resort to drastic measures to force his comrades to wake up and get back on point. [EW]Works for me. Sawyer may have to slap Jack, Kate and Hurley back to reality if they start thinking the Island’s a good place to spend the rest of their lives.
- I guess I could go with Horus, the Egyptian god of religion.
The giant statue appears to be a statue of the Egyptian god Horus (whose name sounds almost identical to the character “Horace”). [Lostpedia]
I think I still prefer Anubis, though, him being god of the afterlife and all.
- And a possible to answer as to why Amy was able to give birth on the Island?
The ankh: The Egyptian hieroglyph is a symbol of eternal life and fertility. Egyptian gods are often portrayed carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest. The four-toed statue appears to be holding one in each hand. Paul’s necklace was also an ankh. Amy takes the ankh from Paul, and successfully gives birth on the island.
No new Lost next week, so I may take a crack at updating my Lost-ions entry that I’d promised to update after each episode this season. Whoops.
What’s the deal with Sawyer having glasses in 1974? He didn’t get them until after they were on the island…is that consistent with the timeline, or might it have any significance?
What do you mean by “He didn’t get them until after they were on the island?” He needs glasses. He found some in the plane wreck (2004 timeline). I’m sure the Dharma Initiative gave him new glasses in 1974.