Flight 815-ers Unite discussion

I just recently read To Kill a Mockingbird. I read it for reasons other than its connection to Lost, but was happy to add another to my Lost list of read books. Read my review here.

I really feel that the Lost connections to this book are very slim and not very significant, though. Lostpedia lists the following connections:

In Lost:
* Juliet tells Jack she is putting in a tape of this movie when in reality, she puts in a home videotape. On it, she is holding up cue cards that silently ask him to conspire with her to kill Ben under the guise of a botched surgery. ("The Cost of Living")

* Harper Stanhope shares her first name with author Harper Lee.

Similarities and shared themes:
* The lesson that morality is relative is one which is a theme shared by episodes such as "One of Them" and "The Cost of Living".

* In the episode "One of Them", when Tariq spat in Sayid's face, Sayid waited calmly before wiping it away. This scene is remarkably similar to one in the film, where Bob Ewell spits in Atticus' face.

* Both Lost and To Kill a Mockingbird explore themes of division and difference between groups of people inhabiting the same place.

What do you think? Pretty slim, huh? Can you think of any other connections?

ive never read it. but thats very interesting

I loved this book.

Besides the connections mentioned before, I think the "neighbor" who seems like the bad guy throughout the book only to "save" the kids at the end, might give us a clue that some of the "others" might turn out to be more interested in the common good ... Julianne?

I like that connection, Lorena! The Others do keep saying that they are the good guys - but so far we haven't really seen it. And that was my favorite part of To Kill a Mockingbird - when we finally got to meet Boo Radley.

Yes Luann, wasn't that a neat ending!

About 50 pages in, I was thinking, "This is the book that everyone raves about and lists as their number one all-time favorite book?" But by the end, I understood.

Huh, I'd forgotten all about that connection with Jack and Juliet! Though I did love it at the time, cause I adore To Kill a Mockingbird in both movie and book forms. Great story to it, timeless really.

Luann, you keep bringing up books I own but havent read. I have to bump this one up the list too!

I highly recommend it! I probably never would have gotten around to reading it if it wasn't for GR. I kept seeing it all over GR on Listopia, the most read books lists, and on people's profiles as their favorite book. Also, MANY of my friends had read it and loved it. I started to feel like I was the only person in the world who hadn't read it and that I must be missing out on something good - even though I already knew the basic storyline from seeing the play and the movie. As far as Lost literature, though, as I mentioned above, I don't think the connections are all that significant.

So i finished this book this week. I wasnt in awe of it, and at first I wasnt even sure where it was going. It seemed to just aimlessly follow Jem and Scout around, but like you, Luann, it got clearer and came together more for me towards the end.

I was struggling to see any connection to the show other than the the Jack/Juliette moment... but overall, a good book, and one that I am glad to have finally gotten around to reading!

And another title on your Lost Lit List to mark as "read!" :)

I absolutely adore this book and the movie too. I keep telling my husband if we get a dog we're naming him Atticus. Anyway...

I love the connection between when Tariq spits in Sayid's face and Bob Ewell spits in Atticus' face.

I always remember in school (I had to read it in 8th and 9th grade) my teachers talking about the "Mockingbirds" of the book, namely Tom Robbinson and Boo Radley. They both try to do things to help other people, Tom dies of course which is what Atticus says should never happen to mockingbirds but Boo is kept out of the whole Bob Ewell murder thing because "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird"

Is there anyone on Lost who could be categorized as a "mockingbird?' (I feel silly even writing that but what else do you call it?) Charlie definitely makes a sacrifice but does he fit the criteria as someone who tried to bring joy to people and therefore should have been protected? Maybe. Maybe there is someone else who is a better match.

I might be reaching a bit here but that was the first thing that came to me.

Hurley. No one better lay a finger on that boy!

Lol-You're right Lori!