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shaylynn
02-07-2008, 01:28 AM
I think i have been watching too much LOST and i am looking to much into things, but just thought id mention has anyone thought about the character names?

I find it interesting that the name Jack can also be a nickname for the name John (which made me think about the similarities of these two albeit very different men).There name share the same meaning 'God is gracious'.

Danielles daughter who helped Kate and Sawyer ie Alex,has a name which means 'Defender of mankind'

Sawyers actual name is James,and i have found the name james to mean supplanter - one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another-quite fitting for a con man.

Sayid means Chief,which i thought was suitable for such a strong person.

Kate can mean 'innocent' which was strange when you consider all her past 'crimes'.When she was on the run from the law and getting married she used the 'moniker' monica (pardon the pun :) ) Monica can mean alone,which she very much was at that time.

Anyone else got any ideas about different ideas about the character names?

All very interesting or the rants of a very sleepy person:P

UnknownPoster
02-07-2008, 02:44 AM
Character names

http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Philosophy

Main article: Philosophy
The character names of John Locke, Desmond David Hume, Edmund Burke, Mikhail Bakunin, Rousseau and DeGroot are all drawn from philosophers prominent in the debate regarding the role of fate versus free will of the individual.
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Ezekiel 25:17
02-07-2008, 02:47 AM
O, so its like the ninja turtles, LOL. Yeah Rafael!:D

Dzbabykel
02-07-2008, 03:17 AM
Michaelangelo was my favorite ;)

shaylynn
02-07-2008, 10:48 AM
[QUOTE=UnknownPoster;2729]Character names

http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Philosophy

Ooh nice thnx mate:)

GinaBina
02-07-2008, 03:08 PM
And this may be extremely far fetched, but Kate's last name is Austen, which may refer to Jane Austen. The romantic novelist from the early 1800s. Maybe this could explain Kate's dilema with Jack and Sawyer. ha it sounds completely dumb now that I have written it.

Dzbabykel
02-07-2008, 06:40 PM
Haha no nothing is dumb or far fetched in this show....believe me I'm sure the writers sit around and think of the most RANDOM things just to torture us Lost-aholics ;)

1hourisntlongenough
02-07-2008, 09:11 PM
Haha no nothing is dumb or far fetched in this show....believe me I'm sure the writers sit around and think of the most RANDOM things just to torture us Lost-aholics ;)

Or they read what we all write in these forums and they choose what they like and use it!!!!!!! Hahahaha!!!!! j/k...:rolleyes: