LAST EDITED ON 03-30-11 AT 01:29 AM (EST)I had forgotten that comment.
I'm sure Grant could expound on the centrality of breath.
In Genesis, doesn't God breathe life into Adam after constructing him? Breath is the element that changed Adam from a creature made of earth to a living being. Breath is everything in the Old Testament.
Matt is a likable guy. I've been following his tweets and he has a fine sense of humor, which includes laughing at himself. He comes off a little one-dimensional on the show, for now. I hope we see more rounded side of Matt if he does return.
btw, this is apropos of nothing but he mentioned that although he had almost no clothing at RI because he was blindsided, that Russell left him his jeans. Or left his jeans. The thought of Matt wearing the troll's jeans is rather bizarre and I only hope he found a way to wash them first.
As for Stephanie, I don't think it is important for her to flip. It could have been just a thing that never materialized. What is left is that Boston Rob has a sense that Zapatera is not a harmonious tribe. Honestly, I don't see Rob trusting Stephanie whole-heartedly. He took it with a grain of salt.
I guess I am the only one who thinks this, but there are many things shown in Survivor over the years that don't have any season long implications. They are simply bits of entertainment, part of the ride.
Of course they will show Andrea being jealous and Stephanie telling Rob she will flip. If they only put in stuff that had huge thematic significance, they'd have to leave out a lot that simply makes for a good episode.
I believe that some of it is thematic, and some of it is for right now. I suppose that's why I don't buy into a lot of ideas about what HAS to happen.
I've studied a lot of literature, as have others here, and in great literature, there really shouldn't be any elements that don't belong. Also with a mystery. Every little thing in it should matter.
So I do get why people feel this way about Survivor, but to me it is part wrapped around a theme, but still had its roots in a sort of reality docudrama, in which we follow the daily events of life on the island. It's gotten less like that over the years, but they still put in stuff for human interest.
And this may be blasphemous, but I firmly believe that the animal symbolism does not have precise correlations the way it would in a novel. I think it creates a feeling and adds some visual spice, but I don't think it's predictive of events on the show.