

But John is having none of that, he says.John tells Helmholtz that he asked Mustapha if he could go to the island, too, but Mustapha said that he wasn't allowed to because it was necessary to "go on with the experiment.".And then… the three men are happy, perhaps because of their sadness, because sadness "was the symptom of their love for each other.".Bernard then apologizes for flipping out earlier, but John, ever-magnanimous, stops him.

This is his way of getting "civilization" and "wickedness" out of his body.) It makes the afflicted individual throw up John is purging himself the way he saw the Indians do it on the Reservation. (Um…what? John's "mustard and warm water" is a simple treatment for poisoning.He then ate his own wickedness, he says, along with some mustard and water. John explains that he was sick because he ate civilization and it poisoned him. Helmholtz and Bernard (who has calmed down) find John in the bathroom, throwing up.
