Each of the main characters is “lost” - i.e. they have had some sort of mental “breakdown”. The scenes showing them check-in for the flight are actually them checking in to the clinic. As stated by Sayid, the mechanism of the “crash” - where the tail broke off way above cloud level - was not survivable. The entire scenery is a series of metaphors to describe the main characters progress in therapy. Danielle is a patient from a previous group. All the others from her group have left the clinic.
As an example of the metaphors, I refer to the scene where Dr Arzt discussed Hurley’s obesity - he then is blown up by dynamite. My interpretation of this is that this statement is so offensive to Hurley that the resulting argument leads to Dr Arzt being shifted - he is no longer part of the collective narrative of which Hurley is one of the contributors. Another example is the scene where Charlie admits to Claire that he is a drug addict. Claire is suddenly taken away by Ethan Rom, one of “The Others” who is in the environment as a therapist. Jack is lost because of his difficulties with his father. Claire is lost because her partner abandoned her. Charlie is lost because of the discrepancy between his catholic upbringing and his drug abuse. Sayid is lost because of his post-traumatic stress. Sawyer is lost because of the events that led to his parent’s death - again a good example is his problem with the boar - a male pig representing the pig of a man who seduced his mother and swindled his father. Ultimately he realises that revenge isn’t necessary. When a character has been healed, they are taken out of the narrative. So although Charlie disposes of his drug stash in “The Moth”, he isn’t actually healed until later - when he is shown drowning. Star Trek is mentioned in the narrative. The Star Trek narrative is based on the real adventures of Captain James Cook and his ship, the Endeavour. The Enterprise has it’s metaphorical Captain James T. Kirk. Captain Cook discovered many foreign lands including my country, Australia. He also visited Hawaii. It is interesting that the “Black Rock” looks similar to the Endeavour - although it was another 120 years before dynamite was invented. The dynamite was simply a metaphorical way of expressing the anguish suffered by Hurley. Jin is lost because of his violent work. Sun is lost because of her marital problems. Boone is lost because of his incestuous love for Shannon. When he “let’s go” and gains insight he is healed and metaphorically released from the group. Ethan isn’t actually killed by Charlie - he is just taken out of the environment. The locked hatch is a staff dorr - i.e. they are in a locked ward. I could go on and on about all the metaphors - I would just ask any readers to watch “Lost” at this metaphorical level and interpret what they are seeing and hearing at a deeper level.
Walt is lost because of his mother’s death. Michael is lost because of his ex-wife’s death and his custody of Walt. Sayid is psychologically tortured by Danielle - although we see him being metaphorically being physically tortured. The Tailies are the next group of patients who are admitted to the clinic. Kate is lost because of her traumatic experiences. Locke is lost because of his father’s betrayal - because it is a narrative, it is irrelevant whether or not he is confined to a wheelchair. Shannon is lost because of her manipulative promiscuity. Vincent is the pet in the psych ward.
Finally, a few more comments about “White Rabbit” - 1) 26 minutes into the episode Locke asks Jack “Why are you out here Jack” and Jack replies “I think I’m going crazy”. 2) Jack says that objectively he would say that he is hallucinating. 3) Jack is starting the redemption process and discovers the water. 4) After hearing the clinking sound of his father’s ice in the whisky, he picks up a random piece if wood that was in the fire and the fire burns quite brightly for a long time - a totally improbable event. 5) He finds wreckage and the coffin in the cave where he finds the water - again very improbable, except if viewed metaphorically. 6) Make a note of who offers who water at the end of the episode - they are not offering each other physical water - they are offering spiritual water. Jin says “that is what husbands do”. Kate is the one who offers more water to Jack. Michael takes water to Walt but ends up giving it to Vincent. 7) In the scene where Jack is damanding that he take his father’s body, there is no real way that the check-in lady could possibly agree to this - he does need the proper documentation. But - if he was checking into a clinic he could easily take his father’s emotional baggage with him.
Theory by Bruce
As an example of the metaphors, I refer to the scene where Dr Arzt discussed Hurley’s obesity - he then is blown up by dynamite. My interpretation of this is that this statement is so offensive to Hurley that the resulting argument leads to Dr Arzt being shifted - he is no longer part of the collective narrative of which Hurley is one of the contributors. Another example is the scene where Charlie admits to Claire that he is a drug addict. Claire is suddenly taken away by Ethan Rom, one of “The Others” who is in the environment as a therapist. Jack is lost because of his difficulties with his father. Claire is lost because her partner abandoned her. Charlie is lost because of the discrepancy between his catholic upbringing and his drug abuse. Sayid is lost because of his post-traumatic stress. Sawyer is lost because of the events that led to his parent’s death - again a good example is his problem with the boar - a male pig representing the pig of a man who seduced his mother and swindled his father. Ultimately he realises that revenge isn’t necessary. When a character has been healed, they are taken out of the narrative. So although Charlie disposes of his drug stash in “The Moth”, he isn’t actually healed until later - when he is shown drowning. Star Trek is mentioned in the narrative. The Star Trek narrative is based on the real adventures of Captain James Cook and his ship, the Endeavour. The Enterprise has it’s metaphorical Captain James T. Kirk. Captain Cook discovered many foreign lands including my country, Australia. He also visited Hawaii. It is interesting that the “Black Rock” looks similar to the Endeavour - although it was another 120 years before dynamite was invented. The dynamite was simply a metaphorical way of expressing the anguish suffered by Hurley. Jin is lost because of his violent work. Sun is lost because of her marital problems. Boone is lost because of his incestuous love for Shannon. When he “let’s go” and gains insight he is healed and metaphorically released from the group. Ethan isn’t actually killed by Charlie - he is just taken out of the environment. The locked hatch is a staff dorr - i.e. they are in a locked ward. I could go on and on about all the metaphors - I would just ask any readers to watch “Lost” at this metaphorical level and interpret what they are seeing and hearing at a deeper level.
Walt is lost because of his mother’s death. Michael is lost because of his ex-wife’s death and his custody of Walt. Sayid is psychologically tortured by Danielle - although we see him being metaphorically being physically tortured. The Tailies are the next group of patients who are admitted to the clinic. Kate is lost because of her traumatic experiences. Locke is lost because of his father’s betrayal - because it is a narrative, it is irrelevant whether or not he is confined to a wheelchair. Shannon is lost because of her manipulative promiscuity. Vincent is the pet in the psych ward.
Finally, a few more comments about “White Rabbit” - 1) 26 minutes into the episode Locke asks Jack “Why are you out here Jack” and Jack replies “I think I’m going crazy”. 2) Jack says that objectively he would say that he is hallucinating. 3) Jack is starting the redemption process and discovers the water. 4) After hearing the clinking sound of his father’s ice in the whisky, he picks up a random piece if wood that was in the fire and the fire burns quite brightly for a long time - a totally improbable event. 5) He finds wreckage and the coffin in the cave where he finds the water - again very improbable, except if viewed metaphorically. 6) Make a note of who offers who water at the end of the episode - they are not offering each other physical water - they are offering spiritual water. Jin says “that is what husbands do”. Kate is the one who offers more water to Jack. Michael takes water to Walt but ends up giving it to Vincent. 7) In the scene where Jack is damanding that he take his father’s body, there is no real way that the check-in lady could possibly agree to this - he does need the proper documentation. But - if he was checking into a clinic he could easily take his father’s emotional baggage with him.
Theory by Bruce
