<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Lee Berman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:severiansola@hotmail.com">severiansola@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I should mention that my suspicion that Jacob and his brother are meant to symbolize<br>
the eternal fraternal conflict between Judaism and Islam is bolstered by the<br>
significant amount of time the cast spends in that Church Of All Faiths in the finale.<br>
There isn't much else in the 6 year history of the show which would explain that<br>
religious emphasis.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Au contraire--religious themes popped up time and time again: the Virigin Mary statues, Charlie's altar-boy past, Eko as fake priest, Desmond in the monastery, Jacob/Locke as martyrs, not to mention the constant faith/science debate between Locke and Jack and the broader issues of fate and destiny.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Fraternal conflicts, yes; perhaps a reference to Judaism and Islam, although I saw a lot more Christian imagery overall (Sayid's Muslim heritage did not play a major role). If we wanted to be slavishly literal, of course, the fraternal religious split would actually be one generation earlier, between Isaac and Ishmael rather than Jacob and Esau.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Somewhat embarrassing that I'm popping out of lurkerdom to discuss Lost rather than Wolfe, but that's probably a sign of my true intellectual acuity.</div></div>