C.S. Lewis Appears On "Lost"

Alongside Locke, Rousseau, Hume, Austen, Dawson, Faraday, etc...

Sorry about the lateness of my pickup on this... Thanks to Narniafans.com for opening mine eyes.

There are now a series of theories about Lost paying homage to the works of C.S. Lewis, especially since the second episode of season 4, when it was revealed that anthropologist and island newcomer Charlotte's full name was "Charlotte Staples Lewis." The only other "Staples Lewis" we all know has the first name of "Clive."

Further, when Hugo turned over Sayid and Kate to Locke a couple of weeks ago, the writers admitted that the sequence was structured to pay homage to The Empire Strikes Back, with Hugo as the unenviable parallel to Lando Calrissian. Obviously the writers of Lost have an appreciation for the classics. But I digress.

Here are a few of the Lewis-inspired elements that people have suggested are present in Lost:

1. The island setting, "Adam and Eve" references, whispering voices, and good versus evil dialogues conjure images of Perelandra, the second book in Lewis' Space Trilogy.

2. Narnia has been described as a place that you can only get to if Narnia "wants you to come." The Island has been described using the same language on a number of occasions.

3. Time in Narnia is different than time in other places. Daniel Faraday's rocket arrives with a clock that has obviously gone through some type of 31-minute time warp, indicating that time on the island also works different than time in other places.

4. Numerous parallels to The Great Divorce abound, including the fact that the survivors are visited by their past and afforded opportunities to change, some never want to leave the island, and that whole "purgatory" thing.

5. Children seem to have a special importance on the island, as they also do in the Narnia books.

6. In The Last Battle the friends of Narnia die in a train crash, but are simlultaneously found in Narnia. This season, the survivors learn that the wreckage of Oceanic 815 has been found, and that all passengers have been confirmed dead.

7. Ben Linus masquerades as the balloonist, Henry Gale. Jadis, the White Witch, masquerades as queen of Narnia. Both characters have been in these alternate worlds long before their guests. Both characters invoked some tragedy to kill all of the island's previous inhabitants. Both have a paranormal connection with their respective environments, and yet both seem to be in some way in confict with their setting, which happens to be personified in both cases.

I'm sure there are many more which I merely have yet to determine. Suffice to say, there is certainly a measure of Lewis' influence, especially as Lost continues. We intend to keep you all posted as we discover new parallels. Feel free to contribute your own discoveries.