Charlie mentions the character Kurtz to Hurley in Numbers. It's also
interesting the main character's name is "Charlie Marlow".
Quote:
Charlie: What do I want? I want to know what we're doing in the middle of
nowhere? And don't tell me it's because of some stinking batteries. One
minute you're happy-go-lucky, good time Hurley and the next you're
Colonel-bloody-Kurtz. It just doesn't make any sense. It's not you.
Briefly, Heart of Darkness
centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the
Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great
abilities.
For more plot summary see SparkNotes.com
*Note: Since Charlie actually refers to Hurley as "Colonel Kurtz", it's more likely he was referring to the character in the movie Apocolypse Now which is based on Heart of Darkness
This is the second book we see Sawyer reading. Whether it is a clue to the show or not, it has a few interesting parallels. A Wrinkle in Time
is the story of Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl who is transported
on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles
Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a gifted
scientist, from the evil forces that hold him prisoner on another
planet. At the beginning of the book, Meg is a homely, awkward, but
loving girl, troubled by personal insecurities and her concern for her
father, who has been missing for over a year. The plot begins with the
arrival of Mrs. Whatsit at the Murry house on a dark and stormy
evening. Although she looks like an eccentric tramp, she is actually a
celestial creature with the ability to read Meg's thoughts. She
startles Meg's mother by reassuring her of the existence of a
tesseract--a sort of "wrinkle" in space and time. It is through this
wrinkle that Meg and her companions will travel through the fifth
dimension in search of Mr. Murry.
There has been speculation of the lostaways actually being in a wrinkle of time and even Terry O'Quinn has speculated on this:
Quote:
"Have
any of you heard of string theory?" Terry asked at the beginning of his
talk. "I think the characters have fallen into a tear in the fabric of
the universe, and they're co-creating this reality." But, he added, "I
really don't know. And even if I did know, I couldn't tell you or I'd
have to kill every one of you."
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