Even mentally impaired Hurley had a doting mother, and could have some social friends.
Jack had very few close friends, but he had the respect of his peers (until he went off the deep end).
Kate destroyed her own family, but found one girlfriend who was also running away from her troubles (Sawyer).
Sayid had betrayed much of his past, but he yearned to be reunited with his true love, Nadia.
Sawyer had the single minded avenger mentality to find the man who destroyed his family.
But Locke had nothing to counterbalance his own mental pain.
He had no friends.
He could not keep friends.
He lost Helen, the one person who could have given him a real life and home.
But he could not get beyond his own vision of personal hell.
And this lack of grip led him into fantasy delusions, such as being able to be an outback warrior even though he was confined to a wheelchair.
If the LOST story begins with the boarding of Flight 815 in Sydney, the man in the front of the line is Locke. He would have had an opportunity to view all his fellow passengers in the waiting area. He was the first to be seated by the crew, so he was on the plane to observe each passenger as they found their seats and stowed their luggage. He had the opportunity to make snap judgments on each person.
There is no question that his mental state was of bitterness, frustration and seething because he lacked control over the people and things around him.
And with this information, and his mind wired to play fantasy-strategy games, Locke could have channeled his anger against his fellow passengers. Misery loves company.
Could Locke's unbalanced emotional state have changed the course of Flight 815?
Could Locke's boiling anger explode the fuselage of the aircraft?
Could Locke's dreams of grandeur of himself created the Island as a symbol for what he wanted to be?
In any supernatural mystery, anything is possible.
Locke was the first, and only flight passenger, to have a deep "connection" to the island. He believed that he became one with it. He wanted to protect it from outsiders. He wanted to control it. He wanted to lead everyone through his vision of the present and his future.
As with everything in Locke's life, even this got screwed up by his own behavior. He had the opportunity to convince his fellow survivors that they should follow him because he had the skills to tame the island. But he failed. And once he failed, he began to search for a new island meaning to propel himself back in the spotlight of leadership. Again, he failed.
It would seem like Locke's life is a broken record of failure.
But if one looks at the island, it is a place of grand failure. Jacob was a failure, since Crazy Mother and his brother were killed. Jacob was a failure in bringing over centuries thousands of candidates to the island to watch them fail. Ben was a failure because his leadership dream was destroyed when he killed Jacob. Jack's pinnacle achievement in leadership (saving his remaining friends) led to his death for no apparent reason. Nothing here is noble. Nothing here is sacrifice. Nothing here is true redemption.
If the island is a symbol of failure, then it could be called Locke's Island.
