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We also see the progress on Michael\u2019s raft, and then someone sets fire to it. When Jin is accused, Sun lets her secret out that she speaks English in order to help him. John Locke blames the other people on the island.<\/p>\nThe episode begins with Jin\u2019s eye. We see him in his native context, as well as trying to cover up Sun when she wears a bikini on the beach. In flashbacks, we see part of a story we had seen before, but from Jin\u2019s perspective. When he said that he does whatever Sun\u2019s father tells him to, as we saw before, we learn that in fact he beat up a man who otherwise would have been killed by the assassin with him. And we see him cry after Sun leaves the bathroom.<\/p>\n
We also see the progress on Michael\u2019s raft, and then someone sets fire to it. When Jin is accused, Sun lets her secret out that she speaks English in order to help him. John Locke blames the other people on the island.<\/p>\n
John Locke tells Shannon, \u201cEveryone gets a new life on thus island, Shannon. Maybe it\u2019s time you start yours.\u201d This is set side by side with Sawyer talking about how, whereas people on the island were once doctors and lawyers, now it is \u201cLord of the Files\u201d time. Sun talks with Jin about starting over, going back to the beginning.<\/p>\n
And at the end, we learn that Jin has secrets, too. He goes to see his father, having lied and told Sun\u2019s family that his father is dead, He was ashamed of him. His father advises him to stay in America when he makes a forthcoming trip, and save his marriage, when he says he wants to start over. But on the island in the present, when Sun talks of starting over, he says \u201cIt\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n
The relationship between Sayid and Shannon moves to a new level,\u00a0with Shannon kissing Sayid and telling him, \u201cEveryone gets a new life in this island. I\u2019d like to start now.\u201d<\/p>\n
John Locke and Walt play backgammon, and Walt asks John about his dad. John, in turn, asks Walt why he burned the raft. Walt says he doesn\u2019t want to move any more, having been moving places his whole life. He says he likes it there, and John says he likes it there too. Of course, in a later season we see John\u00a0doing the equivalent of burning a raft \u2013 blowing up a submarine \u2013 in a manner that echoes this earlier course of events (although I had forgotten when I first watched the show).<\/p>\n
Jin starts helping with the work on a new raft, saying the English word \u201cboat.\u201d And Sun goes back to the beach and takes off the wrap and wears her bikini.<\/p>\n
And the music suddenly stops, as Hurley\u2019s walkman runs out of battery.<\/p>\n
The symbolism of even minor details, and the way the characters\u2019 varied stories coalesce around a common theme, are all poignant parts of the episode. Jin is the character that we were least likely to like up until this point, seeing the way he treats Sun and knowing that he was somehow involved in violence. But as with all the flashback stories, this one too gives us a deeper appreciation for the person. We see that he is not an inherently violent man,\u00a0nor one who simply does what he is told, but one who resorts to violence as a way of saving the life of his victim, who would otherwise have been assassinated.<\/p>\n
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