Flight 815-ers Unite discussion

Quoting from Lostpedia:
In the flashback scene in the van, Hurley's friend Johnny says to him, "Stay gold, Ponyboy." This is a quote from the Outsiders, which is itself a reference to the Robert Frost poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay". In the novel, Johnny Cade's last words are "Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold." ("Everybody Hates Hugo")

The Outsiders is all about a power struggle between opposing groups and deciding how far you are willing to go to protect those in your group. Also, some of our Lost characters would fit right in. You could drop Sawyer into the book and he would become a leader in the greasers group. :)

Can you think of other Lost connections? Did you all read this one in high school?

I never had this as assigned reading. May have to take a look at it!

Omg, I looove that book!

It's a quick read, Lori.

I just picked up the DVD at the library. I look forward to seeing how the movie compares to the book.

As a teacher, I am so delighted to see people discovering 'new' old literature. If LOST has done only one good thing, it's that it had opened some eyes with the literary references. Whooyaa!

Tell me about it.
I would never have read some of these novels, had it not been for the connection to the show.

And they say television only rots the brain. Thank you LOST! Actually, this season there have been a plethera of new shoes that make you think - Fringe, The Mentalist, Eleventh Hour (which they took off, I guess, haven't seen it lately). I like this new direction.

Lori said:
I would never have read some of these novels, had it not been for the connection to the show.


You got that right. It introduced me to Third Policeman and Invention of Morel - 2 not so famous novels that turn out to be outstanding.

I read this book in Middle School, it's been a real long time since I read it, but I still remember it pretty well.

The dynamic between the two groups is reminiscent of the dynamic between the Losties and the Others in the beginning of the show. And I have to admit, I laughed pretty hard when you said that Sawyer would be a greaser. That image is a bit TOO fitting, don't you know.

The movie, if I recall correctly, was pretty darn good. At the very least it had a TON of famous actors in it, though at the time they weren't quite so well known, yeah?