"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain
Whidden said this in post #15 : I'm a little cornfuzzled.
Sawyer was reading this book on the Island, yet it had the Whidmore's in it. The Whidmores are "real", and involved with Desmond. So, Sawyer is reading a book about real people he is involved with?
Is the book supposed to be fiction or fact?
Yeah, good point. Classic Lost to leave people with no idea what is happening.
One of the characters mentions the philosopher John Locke. I never knew there was a philosopher named John Locke.
The book tells us that Locke the philosopher was a seventeenth century Brit who said that the highest goal of our intelligence is the careful and constant pursuit of true and solid happiness.
That's all we get about the philosopher. One paragraph. But it's cool to know how our Locke came to be named.
"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain
I finished the book, and it has next to nothing to do with the show.
All it tells us is that the Hanso Foundation and the Widmore family are parteners, the Widmores have a partenership with Paik Heavy Industries (Paik is Sun's maiden name), and the Widmore family is badly screwed up. That's about it.
Anyone remember the name of Penny's dad? We saw it when Desmond was talking to Libby, but I forgot it. The Widmores in the book are Cliff, Alexander, Charles, and Vivian.
"Man is a marvelous curiosity ... he thinks he is the Creator's pet ... he even believes the Creator loves him; has a passion for him; sits up nights to admire him; yes and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to him and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea." Mark Twain
06-25-2006 10:23 PM
Classic Lost to leave people with no idea what is happening.
