LOST Pre-Game: “What Kate Does”

Books!

A couple of books appeared in last week’s episodes. The dead Frenchman had a copy of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Tremblin”. This is a book about faith and God, topics which play important roles in Lost. However, I found a bit on Wikipedia that’s especially interesting. It introduces the “Knight of Faith” and the “Knight of Infinite Resignation”. The Knight of Faith gives up everything, but has faith that he will receive it all back. The Knight of Infinite Resignation gives up everything “in return for the infinite” but constantly deals with the pain of loss. These labels could apply to several of our Lostaways, but especially John Locke. I think he’d be a Knight of Faith, myself, since he never really regrets his sacrifices, at least until it looks like he’s going to fail.