Everything That Rises Must Also Converge by Flannery O'Conner is the book that Jacob is seen reading on the bench when Locke falls from the building in 2000.
A summary of the short story/book is here: http://litsum.com/everything-that-rises-must-converge/
Screencap 1 is here: http://getlostpodcast.iimmgg.com/image/32a9206803470cd070c8a7fa09c9f9e5
Screencap 2 is here: http://getlostpodcast.iimmgg.com/image/75aaabb52baab97b11abd16947052b12
Here are some aspects of this book that I think are integral to LOST:
"O'Connor ... claims that it is her specific goal to offer a glimpse of God's mystery and, thus, to lead readers—whom she sees as, for the most part, spiritually lost in the modern, secular world—back toward the path of redemption." - Madsen Hardy, Critical Essay (http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-everythingconverge/essay1.html)
Doesn't it seem that Jacob's goal is to lead those who are "lost" (Jack/Kate/Sawyer/Hurley/Locke/Illana/Jin/Sun and everyone else) to redemption? This has always been one of the major themes since season one, but the writers have never hit us over the head with it quite as hard as tonight.
Like Richard Alpert said,"Ille qui nos omnes servabit," or “He who will protect/save us all.” Jacob is a Christ figure and has now died (Ben being somewhat of a Judas Iscariot figure, betrayed by Satan.) Like the Savior, Jacob appears to have known "his time" was approaching and "called" disciples in preparation. Will he also be resurrected? I haven't gathered my thoughts yet from this finale, but obviously this is shaping up to be quite historic - and this central theme is extremely ambitious. My hat goes off to Lindelof and Cuse.
Your thoughts?
A summary of the short story/book is here: http://litsum.com/everything-that-rises-must-converge/
Screencap 1 is here: http://getlostpodcast.iimmgg.com/image/32a9206803470cd070c8a7fa09c9f9e5
Screencap 2 is here: http://getlostpodcast.iimmgg.com/image/75aaabb52baab97b11abd16947052b12
Here are some aspects of this book that I think are integral to LOST:
"O'Connor ... claims that it is her specific goal to offer a glimpse of God's mystery and, thus, to lead readers—whom she sees as, for the most part, spiritually lost in the modern, secular world—back toward the path of redemption." - Madsen Hardy, Critical Essay (http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-everythingconverge/essay1.html)
Doesn't it seem that Jacob's goal is to lead those who are "lost" (Jack/Kate/Sawyer/Hurley/Locke/Illana/Jin/Sun and everyone else) to redemption? This has always been one of the major themes since season one, but the writers have never hit us over the head with it quite as hard as tonight.
Like Richard Alpert said,"Ille qui nos omnes servabit," or “He who will protect/save us all.” Jacob is a Christ figure and has now died (Ben being somewhat of a Judas Iscariot figure, betrayed by Satan.) Like the Savior, Jacob appears to have known "his time" was approaching and "called" disciples in preparation. Will he also be resurrected? I haven't gathered my thoughts yet from this finale, but obviously this is shaping up to be quite historic - and this central theme is extremely ambitious. My hat goes off to Lindelof and Cuse.
Your thoughts?
