adyjdy
05-11-07, 05:42 AM
Mother(coldfire) and daughter(adyjdy) co-authored post... first-time thread starter... so please be kind.…
We have an unusual theory. Coldfire(mom) read a book called Cold Fire by Dean Koontz. The entity “Jacob” reminded A LOT her of this book. Jim the main character in the book had childhood problems similar to Ben. In it, Jim creates a type of alter ego or almost like a being within whom his bad thoughts or bad feelings could express themselves. For a time, Jim had control of this being he called, “the friend,” but at times The Friend could actually control Jim’s behavior. When Jim decided late in the book to introduce The Friend to a girl named Holly, a real person, Holly could never actually see the Friend, but she could tell that someone or something was there. Also, The Friend was confined to a small room in a lighthouse. Oh yeah, and The Friend hated light… sound familiar? Anyway, eventually Holly figures out (as does Jim) that The Friend whose extreme violence only seems to increase his power is actually another side of Jim.
We think the Ben we have seen up until now might actually be this entity “Jacob,” or the bad Ben. Also, we think that voice that said, “Help me,” was the “good Ben,” confined to the cabin, trying in some fashion to resist Jacob taking over, which is very similar to what happened in the book. Ben like Jim has allowed this power little by little to overcome even his will.
Ben may know deep down that Jacob is an entity/monster that he created and is in all actuality really himself, and that is why he didn’t want much light in the room. Both so that Locke could not see that no one was there so clearly and also to help Ben avoid looking reality in the face (i.e. Consciously realizing that there really is no Jacob.)
Additionally, Mom suggests that the “old man” we saw was more Ben’s imagination of what Jacob looks like, rather than ‘reality,’ (in so far as there is any of that on this island…)
Ben says standing by the mass grave, “This is where I really came from.” Couldn’t this be his recognition that mass murder was where his Jacob side really took over?
I think you could further say that every character on this island has allowed something else or someone else to have power over them. (Ex. Jack’s father, Sawyer’s conman, Charlie’s drug, etc.) in much the same way Ben allowed his hatred of his father, resentment or whatever to metastasize into an actually being that he can no longer resist or control.
This book has so many similarities that I think that if it is not a near-exact quote, it is at the very least being heavily referenced. Just MHO…
Oh, and... Happy Mother's Day... remember nothing says, "I love you, Mom" like talking LOST for hours on end!
We have an unusual theory. Coldfire(mom) read a book called Cold Fire by Dean Koontz. The entity “Jacob” reminded A LOT her of this book. Jim the main character in the book had childhood problems similar to Ben. In it, Jim creates a type of alter ego or almost like a being within whom his bad thoughts or bad feelings could express themselves. For a time, Jim had control of this being he called, “the friend,” but at times The Friend could actually control Jim’s behavior. When Jim decided late in the book to introduce The Friend to a girl named Holly, a real person, Holly could never actually see the Friend, but she could tell that someone or something was there. Also, The Friend was confined to a small room in a lighthouse. Oh yeah, and The Friend hated light… sound familiar? Anyway, eventually Holly figures out (as does Jim) that The Friend whose extreme violence only seems to increase his power is actually another side of Jim.
We think the Ben we have seen up until now might actually be this entity “Jacob,” or the bad Ben. Also, we think that voice that said, “Help me,” was the “good Ben,” confined to the cabin, trying in some fashion to resist Jacob taking over, which is very similar to what happened in the book. Ben like Jim has allowed this power little by little to overcome even his will.
Ben may know deep down that Jacob is an entity/monster that he created and is in all actuality really himself, and that is why he didn’t want much light in the room. Both so that Locke could not see that no one was there so clearly and also to help Ben avoid looking reality in the face (i.e. Consciously realizing that there really is no Jacob.)
Additionally, Mom suggests that the “old man” we saw was more Ben’s imagination of what Jacob looks like, rather than ‘reality,’ (in so far as there is any of that on this island…)
Ben says standing by the mass grave, “This is where I really came from.” Couldn’t this be his recognition that mass murder was where his Jacob side really took over?
I think you could further say that every character on this island has allowed something else or someone else to have power over them. (Ex. Jack’s father, Sawyer’s conman, Charlie’s drug, etc.) in much the same way Ben allowed his hatred of his father, resentment or whatever to metastasize into an actually being that he can no longer resist or control.
This book has so many similarities that I think that if it is not a near-exact quote, it is at the very least being heavily referenced. Just MHO…
Oh, and... Happy Mother's Day... remember nothing says, "I love you, Mom" like talking LOST for hours on end!