The Junk Lady



The Junk Lady is one of the many Junk People piling massive amounts of miscellany upon their backs in The Land of Junk, just outside the gates of the Goblin City. Upon waking from her fruit-induced slumber, Sarah finds herself in The Land of Junk, confused and unsure what she had been searching for prior. The Junk Lady further disorients Sarah, offering her a recreated version of her room in the real world and many of her toys and other possessions, all meant to perminently divert Sarah from her rescue of Toby. Sarah soon realizes the lack of importance in her items (calling them all "junk"), and escapes the fascade, leaving the Junk Lady and continuing her quest for Toby.

Besides being a represention Sarah's own self-absorption, The Junk Lady is a statement on consumerism as a whole and the clouding of one's ambitions with superfluous worldly possessions. In her denial of the items given to her by the Junk Lady, Sarah saves herself from becoming a slave to those same items.