Locke and his Anger
I've just been wondering about Locke's anger management. We know that he struggled with it pre-island after Anthony stole his kidney (and possibly before then although we so far have nothing to suggest this) but there have been at least three instances where this anger has manifested itself onto the island - and possibly four.
Boone and the Beechcraft
This is the one that I'm not sure about. Locke would surely be frustrated with the island for taking his ability to walk from him and then it gave him the vision that he asked for. It also showed him Boone, battered and bloodied. Locke could have easily seen this as symbolic because, after all, his mother isn't standing in the middle of the jungle pointing at planes so why should Boone be standing in the middle of the jungle with blood pouring down his face? But Locke was focused on one specific part of the vision, pushing the rest to the side and so did his (possible) anger at the island lead to him allowing Boone to go up into the plane and therefore meet his death?
Charlie and the Drugs
Back in season one; before the hatch gave him a purpose Locke took a shining to Charlie, helped him to kick his drug habit. In a way, Charlie was Locke's first purpose. And to see this go down the drain is similar to how he felt when he (wrongly) felt that the computer was just an experiment. He retaliated in Fire and Water although Charlie was damaging Aaron at the time we know that Locke had vocalised his anger earlier on in the day when he physically removed the drugs from Charlie's possession.
Sayid and His Torture of Ben
Locke immediately agrees to turn against Jack and allow Sayid to interrogate Ben (knowing full well that this meant torture) and only opening the door at the last possible moment. When Jack asks why he disobeyed him Locke's reply is 'And why you didn't ask me to help; well, that's your business' about Jack's army. He is obviously hurt by this and it is his first excuse for helping Sayid. If Jack had included Locke then would Locke have used his customary approach to problems where he thinks them through?
The Destruction of the Computer
This is the most prevelant show of anger that we've seen from Locke. He slammed the computer into the floor because he believed his entire life to be pointless and blamed the computer for it.
The final example quite possibly put the lives of everyone on the island at risk and all because Locke was upset and lost control of his emotions. Now, I do like the guy (although it's hard to tell from this thread!) but will he ever be able to change his ways? How long until someone or something makes Locke angry again and he hurts himself or someone else because of it? Or is his sporadic bursts of anger nothing to worry about?
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