Re: 4th Season Lost - Cabin Fever - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !

Joe wrote:
> (2) John's selction of the knife.   I think he may have felt an
> affinity for one of the other objects (He first grabbed the bottle of
> whatever) but chose the knife.  He also refused to travel the path
> that his counselor/teacher/administrator wanted him to. The flashbacks
> generally seemed to be about Locke fighting against fate and choosing
> his destiny.   I don't know enough about Locke's philosophy (the
> philosopher) to know whether that fits or not.

Pretty much.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_locke