An interesting thing I noticed is that each character’s name in some way reflects their character. Some examples include:
Daniel Faraday: scientist/physicist – electromagnetic shields these days called “Faraday Cage” are based off of the actual physicist Michael Faraday.
Jack Shepherd: based on the word “shepherd”, as a sort of watchdog; one who watches over others. From the offset, as a doctor and as the show progressed as an implicit leader on the island, this name seems pretty befitting.
Desmond Hume: most likely based on the 18th centrury philosopher David Hume, who incidentally happened to be Scottish (Desmond is also of Scottish decent based on his accent). David Hume was all about explaining man as a naturalist. That man’s feelings fuel his decisions and choices, which is what this show is based on as well as mentioned above.
I could go on with the others… I’ll get to them at some point. Leave some feedback if you really would like to know I can get to it sooner than later. Some are actually sort of obvious when you are aware of it.
