
Just as the Tempest was used to poison the entire island, at the beginning of the book the rabbits are poisoned and only a few remain to escape.The protagonists of the book are rabbits, which have become a recurring theme on the show.The book is seen on Sawyer's chest of drawers in the flash-sideways timeline.(" House of the Rising Sun"), (" Left Behind") Boone finds the book in Sawyer's luggage, leading him to believe that Sawyer has the rest of his luggage, including Shannon's asthma inhalers.Kate finds the book by the beach with Sawyer's belongings, and he tells her, "Hell of a book.Watership Down originally belonged to Boone, as he had it checked with his luggage on Flight 815.
