Junk City



The Land of Junk is a vast junk yard-like area of the Labyrinth, just outside the gates of the Goblin City. The land is inhabited by a number of Junk People who endlessly sift through the various items and pile select pieces on their backs. Sarah awakens in the Land of Junk after escaping the ballroom fantasy induced by Jareth's poison fruit. The most notable of the inhabitants is The Junk Lady, who tries to trick Sarah into forgetting what she'd been searching for prior to succumbing to the effects of the fruit.

The Land of Junk, combined with the Junk People who live there, is a metaphor for cosumerism and its way of trapping people in their own possessions. The millions of readily available items paired with the pack-ratting Junk People illustrates that they've lose sight of their goals in favor of perpetual consumption.