Shannon Rutherford.  Shannon would be a half decent character if she didn’t complain so much!  Not trying to start this analysis off in a negative way, but it’s the truth.  She has a major problem with authority, and people telling her what to do.  To be honest though, it’s what is expected from a girl like her.  She is your stereotypical blonde, expecting things from people, and using them as she sees fit.  If you remember the episode where she thought she saw Walt, you’ll remember how upset she got when Sayid didn’t believe what she told him.  This reinforces that type attitude.  She, like many other people on the island, has a desire to demonstrate to people that she is capable of doing something.  In example, Walt’s dog Vincent.  She told Sayid that she wanted to find the dog when he got lost, because it’s the only thing that anyone had asked her to do, and she didn’t want to disappoint Walt if he returned.

She had as much of an attachment to Boone as he did to her, getting highly upset when she felt that she lost control.  We see from her past, that she was in at least one abusive relationship.  Perhaps this desire was caused by getting every single thing she wanted as she was raised?  Who knows, but she wrongfully used Boone, talking her boyfriends into forcing him to bribe them out of the relationship with her.  Definitely a sick mind that we’re dealing with here.  If you remember the flashback of Boone and Shannon in the airport, Sayid asks her to watch his bag.  Moments later, to show her authority, she claims that an “Arab guy” had left his bag lying beside her.  I think if I had to pick a single adjective to describe Shannon, it would be “impatient.”  You also see at one point during season one, Shannon using Charlie to catch fish, when Boone had claimed to her that there was no way that she could survive on the island alone.  Definitely following the exact same behavior pattern we’ve seen every other time.

She begins to “see” for lack of a better word, Sayid.  Boone warned Sayid that it wasn’t a relationship that he wanted to get into, but Sayid ignored the warning.  Numerous times we see Shannon lose patience with Sayid, as well as claiming that he didn’t believe her about the Walt sightings.

What can we learn from Shannon?  That we shouldn’t use people to through life.  You can see Shannon’s twisted logic many times, from turning Sayid in to show she had authority, all the way to using Charlie to catch fish for her.  Unfortunately, there are hundreds of girls that are identical to Shannon in this world, and will skim by based on nothing more than their looks in life.  Shannon, just as Boone, is deceased.

Boone Carlyle.  Boone is a cool character in my opinion.   Even though we haven’t seen him in a full-time role since season one, he is still a very important part of the show.  In my opinion, he is the sole reason that the hatch was discovered.  Do you remember what happened?  Boone was out with John, hunting, and it became dark outside.  Boone claimed he was going back, and John tossed him the light.  Boone, clumsily didn’t catch it, and it fell to the ground, and hit what sounded like metal.  That one event caused them to find that hatch, and shaped the destiny of every character on the island.  I like Boone, but I think he has almost has the need to please people.  Take for an example, when Jack asked him for a pen, he desired nothing more than to help.  Then him following Locke, almost like he was his father.  I am guessing because this is due to the lack of a father figure in his life.  He only had a step-father, and people like this tend to seek out a father figure, and Locke happened to fit the bill.  There was almost an unnatural connection between them, almost like Boone was to loyal to John.  Boone doesn’t seem to have a messed up past like the majority of the other survivors.  From what we saw of it, it seemed fairly clean actually.

Boone also had a need to show that he was powerful, almost like no one would believe him otherwise.  He claimed that he was very powerful to one character early in the show.  You saw a complete turn-around when he believed that Shannon died, and he lost his attachment to her.  That shows that Boone was more or less obsessed with Shannon, which was apparently obvious, considering he came all the way to Sydney to simply rescue her from a guy, and paid $50,000.
 
Although I found Boone a little annoying at times, I believe he was developing into a pretty cool character.  He’s almost like a wanna-be rich kid, but that side of him wore off.  We see Boone warn Sayid not to pursue Shannon.  Of course this was most likely due to the fact that he was still in love with her.  To sum Boone up, I’d call him kind, brave, and daring.  Boone does not keep secrets from anyone.   He is very chivalrous at times, but he put his trust in people to easily in my opinion.

What can we learn from Boone?  We cannot get attached to things in life.  Well, perhaps attached isn’t the correct word; maybe obsessive about something, as he did Shannon.  Every single thing besides her clouded his judgment, due to the fact that he felt the need to protect her, although she may not have even deserved it at times.  Boone was very courageous, and died in an attempt to save everyone by using a radio in a plane he and Locke found.  Locke later referred to him as a “sacrifice that the island demanded.”