LOST WORLDS

“ Every man carries with him the world in which he must live. ”
— F. Marion Crawford 


A world is a place defined as a person's life and activities outside one's self.

Jack's world that he created was that of being a driven medical doctor in order to feed the need for his father's approval.

Kate's world that she created was that of a rebel in order to lash out at her parents for their secrets.

Locke's world that he created was one of forced acceptance equality and balance with others that he lacked in growing up without parents or siblings.

Sawyer's world that he created was one of darkness and revenge in order to fill the void when his parents were killed.

Hurley's world that he created was one of fantasy in order to avoid dealing with the issues of his father's abandonment and consequential depression and self-esteem issues.

Sayid's world that he created was that of a brilliant soldier to cope with the issues of growing up as the child who would do the dirty work for his father and siblings.

Charlie's world that he created was the dreams of a rock star in order to overcome the isolation from his family who moved on to create their own new families.

Rose's world that she created was one of faith and acceptance in order to deal with her terminal cancer.

Bernard's world that he created was that of curing Rose in order to be with her in order to deal with her terminal cancer which goes back to curing his bachelor loneliness.

Sun's world that she created was one of a rebellious child in order to seek independence from the customs and burdens placed upon her by her father.

Jin's world that he created was one of great expectations and wealth by leaving his village to go to the big city to find fame and fortune in order to end his cycle of poverty and shame.

Desmond's world that he created was that of the tortured soul who gets rewarded with his dream life with his lover in order to offset his fears of commitment and failure as a man.

If you look at all the character's worlds, they all intersect in the Island events. Their desires intertwine in the story lines, each helping the other toward their fantasy or dream goal that created their own separate worlds. It is the collection of the worlds that each character created on their own that fuses the premise of the island as the engine for their journeys to find resolution of the thing(s) they were trying to deal with from their childhoods. The world of LOST was made up the worlds of the characters colliding with other. In the primal mode of survival, no one notices that each has deep scars from their childhoods that their dream worlds were to heal. But no one can heal themselves. They need new friends, new families, new relationships and new ideas in order sort one's problems out to find a lasting resolution.