Subject: RE: Your weekly "Lost" threadfound this on one of the forums & thought it was interesting.
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Anyone notice the name of the "Other" is Henry Gale? Who arrived on the island in a hot air balloon? That was the name of Dorothy's uncle from the Wizard of Oz. I know it's a random connection but the hot air balloon was how the "Wizard" originally landed in the land of Oz in her dream and was how she got home.
The Wizard worked using a façade, that is to say, the curtains. He pretended to be something he wasn’t, however, eventually the curtain was pulled back and he was shown to be what he was.
Therefore, the implication can be made that like the Wizard, Gale presents a man using a façade, one that does not portray the truth about what and who he is. This suggests he is an other, rather conclusively I should think.
The Wizard of Oz is a series of lessons to the effect that everyone possesses the resources they need (such as brains, a heart and courage ) if only they had self-confidence.
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Did anyone else expect Sawyer to start licking the frog & get a little loopy? Edited by drewb8 2006-02-16 11:27 AM
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