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This is the map Locke tries to draw when recalling the Blast Door Map.

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Locke's second attempt about halfway through the episode S.O.S. This version appears wrong as he appears to have misdrawn the Blast Door Map.

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Locke's final attempt in S.O.S.. An arrow and an "S" or a drawing of a swan appear to be written. This shows that he was a bit more accurate on this attempt as he clearly remembers the "?" as well as the Swan station's and Arrow station's placement.

  • Locke only had a few seconds looking at the Blast Door Map, so his memory of the details are patchy.
  • The ? at the center of the map and the octagon shape is the main symbol Locke remembers from the Blast Door Map. It is revealed in ? that this location is the The Pearl hatch. While in The Pearl, Locke gets rid of the map by sending it through the suction tube.
  • Locke cleary draws a "3" to indicate The Swan station where he is located. The Blast Door Map author uses the Swan symbol to depict this location. Locke knows The Swan is station 3 from the Orientation Film.
  • Locke also draws an arrow to indicate the The Arrow station at the top right. Locke himself never visited the Arrow station. He probably knows the location and symbol of this station from the Tailenders.
  • When he tried to draw this map in episode "S.O.S.", Locke and Jack did not know (yet) about the Medical Station, so he didn't put it on his map.
  • If two or even three points on the map are known (Stations Swan, Arrow and The Staff), it should be easy to pinpoint the Location of the central station.

The Poem

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Presumably, the book near Locke's hand is the french book of poems that he used for his writing material. (from the episode S.O.S.)

Locke is trying to draw the blast door map on a book of poems by French 19th century romantic writer Alfred de Musset. Basically, the poet praises the naive and fresh approach to life and the arts of two young girls who have just entered social life, as opposed to that of old connoisseurs. Here is a translation of this poem :

On the beginnings of Ms. Rachel and Pauline Garcia

So whatever one says, it does not run dry
The immortal and fertile source
Which the divine horse made spring under her feet
It still exists, this sap of the world
It flows, and the gods are still here below !

What use are to us so many frivolous fights,
So many efforts, always vain and always revived ?
A chaos so pompous of useless words,
And so many powerless hammers
Hitting the ancient idols ?

Let’s hold forth on the arts, let’s act like connoisseurs ;
Even if we change our errors
Like a mistress’s libertine,
The lilacs in the spring will always be in blossom,
And the immortal arts will endlessly get young.

Let’s discuss our flaws, our dreams and our tastes,
Let’s compare at leisure the modern and the ancient,
And fight under these jealous flags !
And when we get to the end of our rhetoric,
Two children born yesterday will know more than we do.

O young hearts filled with ancient poetry,
Be welcome, cherished chrildren of the gods
You have the same age and the same genius.
Blessed be the soft clarity
That you bring back into our eyes.

Go ! may happiness follow you ! 
It is not a fickle whim of chance
That made you be born at the same moment.
Your mother here below is the attentive Muse
Who eternally watches over the sacred fire.

Obey without fear to the god that inspires you.
Ignore, if it is possible, that we talk about you.
These complaints, these chords, these tears, this soft smile.
All your treasures, give them to us.
Sing, children, let us say. (or alternatively : never mind our saying)

Theories

  • The poem on which Locke tries to draw the blast door map might be a hint that what Locke is trying to figure out in a rational way (i.e. where and what the ? is) will be solved by someone else, thanks to a more naive and intuitive approach - see the poem line "two children born yesterday will know more than we do". Alternatively, this line could refer to Aaron and Walt, or also to the upcoming new character Charlotte Malkin, an Australian girl in her mid to late teens. "Mother as the guard of the sacred flame" could allude to maternal archetypes, honored for their ability to give birth. "Crossing swords over jealous flags" could allude to fighting territorially, as the Others do with the 815 survivors.
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