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Originally Posted by D-Roc
Yeah, i guess he never felt quite 'right' being a man of science..he felt marginalised and shunned, i think. He's always been reaching for something to give him meaning..and i guess faith and the belief in the mysterious, gives him that 'hope'. Good point - science seemingly made him feel trapped (great locker analogy too)..whereas faith was perhaps more 'suggestive' whilst offering him that measure of comfort that maybe there was something better around the corner.
After Boone died, he wept and he wept..he slammed his fist against the glass door of the hatch, and his faith in 'something' allowed him to see a sign out of something which someone like Jack would only have seen a coincidence.
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Yeah, it must have been quite a struggle really: on the one hand he may have known that science was his calling and he really did like it - it felt right for him to be in such a role - but on the other how can it feel right to be bullied and teased and made to feel miserable all the time? Is
anything really worth it if it has a negative impact on the majority of your life?
He could have transferred some of the key qualities of being a good scientist - patience, dedication, an open mind as to new ideas and concepts - to a different lifestyle that doesn't involve the lab, so at heart he still has some of the core features that has always defined him, but he's made a consious decision to live his life by them in a different context.
Such a great scene that was! Even though it wasn't a personal sign from the Island, it still managed to restore in him his faith and reason to keep going which is always good...not to mention that it wasn't pointless, and he saved Desmond's life by banging on the hatch. Jack would probably have worn himself out crying to even get near the hatch!
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I feel the foundation for geek-Locke was always there. In 'Hearts and Minds', when he's giving his compass away, he points out that he wasn't 'the most popular kid', which makes his conversation with Sayid become rather awkward. Locke was rather geeky in Walkabout too, though not in an academic way, considering he was roleplaying at 'Risk'.
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Yeah, I think he told Sayid that he was an equivilant of a Scout or something as well? If he knew that wasn't the coolest thing to be, maybe he still did it because he really did love hunting and all the outdoor stuff. Or maybe it was before his locker incident, and he gave that up as well as a result of it. Locke's geeky tendancies have never really gone: they may not be quite so obvious but he's always had them like you said...and alter on in life he tends to have a bit of a what, fascination is the word perhaps, or longing for, with regards to the Army/something military in nature, with the various decorations you see in his apartments.
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I totally agree.
His rant on his interests contradicted his 'choices' as a young boy too — if what he said was really true, surely he would have picked the baseball glove? It felt to me as if he trying in vain to conform to society's expectations.
I think he was bullied and shunned because of his personality, and not his interests. It's all rather tragic given how naive and harmless he seemed when he was younger.
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Yeah, when he said that he liked fishing and sports and all that it just seemed that he was trying harder to convince himself that his teacher. In a way you can understand that he wanted to conform, since he most likely didn't feel very comfortable with his foster family, and just wanted a bit of an easy life for a change.
Ah, Young Locke barely spoke a word to Richard and still carried out his test without being a pain or anything! Only to be abandoned by him and let down yet again...