Spoiler Alert! Don't say we didn't warn you...
Image: Sayid, wearing a beret, looks down.
In the
first post in this series, I looked at how white and nonwhite characters in representation and death on the Island at the center of
Lost. While the Island is the focus of
Lost, flashbacks and other off-island plots are the main way in which the show develops individual characters, and these stories deserve individual analysis.In this post, I’ll be looking at the other narrative side of this complex show: off-island action, in flashbacks, flashforwards, and sideways flashes, with help from my friend and fellow
Lost fan, Renee Martin of
Womanist Musings.