Boats

Boats are symbolic both of James's fear of becoming like his father and Lloyd's distress at finding himself in a totally different cultural context than the one he is used to. Lloyd and James bond over their shared dislike of boats, but they do not seem to realize that their hesitation about them comes from different places. Thus, boats stand in not only as symbols for these respective fears, but also as a means of articulating the misunderstanding that exists between Lloyd and James as a result of their cultural difference, and perhaps even the impossibility of a true friendship being forged between colonizer and colonized.

Lloyd clicking his fingers

Lloyd makes a clicking gesture with his fingers early in his time on the island, and the rudeness of it is symbolic of Lloyd's largely dismissive attitude toward the islanders. As they observe and joke about...