Sawyer Reads The Fountainhead!
Finally, there’s a novel that I don’t have to research to understand the significance! Sawyer was reading Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead. This novel is about an architect named Howard Roark who has ideals that he refuses to compromise for anyone. His refusal to compromise costs him many things–fame, fortune, society’s respect. But the thing is that he doesn’t care to have any of those things. His “integrity” is more important to him. I put integrity in quotation marks because Roark has his own ideas about what’s true and just. So, which character does this sound like? Some might say Sawyer since he was reading the book, but I’m leaning toward Locke. His actions have always been questioned by fans. We never really know what he’s thinking, but we know he’s passionate about what he believes. What do you guys think?? Given my brief description of Howard Roark, which Lost character resembles him most?
I’ll have a recap for you a little later, so check back!
Lost, Sawyer, Locke, John Locke, The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
March 15th, 2007 at 9:31 am
All along, I have been saying that the Lost island reminds me of the utopian society Ayn Rand created in her book “Atlas Shrugged.” Who is John Galt? The man who created a machine that would stop the world. I about jumped off my couch last night when I saw “The Fountainhead.”
March 16th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
I echo Noelle’s comments exactly. Seeing the book sealed my opinion. It is also intersting to note references, in the forms of characters names, to other philosophers with ideas similar to Ayn’s : Locke and Rousseau
March 17th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Imagine Ayn Rand lying on her death bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, dreaming about all of the things that she ever wrote or dreamed about. Selfishness and guilt… Isn’t LOST all about overcoming guilt before you (are allowed to) die?
March 17th, 2007 at 8:59 am
How fantastic is it that a television show can inspire such discussions?! Please, keep the comments coming. I love it!
January 28th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I actually didn’t catch the title of the book when the episode aired. I just found out about it as I was reading the Wikipedia entry for The Fountainhead (I’m in the middle of reading it).
I have actually always considered Sawyer a semi-libertarian hero. I’d guess most fans of the show side with the other islanders when there’s a dispute over ownership rights but I side strictly with Sawyer and I enjoy seeing the islanders trying to bargain with him. After all - he “privatized” the stuff when the plane crashed so it’s his - laissez-faire!