Here is something interesting on Locke and Ben!
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Unmistakable parallels between John and Ben have been drawn:
Both born to a mother named Emily
Both born prematurely
Both have a visitor from the Island almost immediately (Horace for Ben, Alpert for John)
Both are monitored by Richard Alpert from an early age
Both can see and know things that they shouldn't from early childhood
Both are raised by people who are largely indifferent to them
Both are social outcasts
Both kill their fathers
Both suffer, and subsequently recover from, serious spinal injury/disease
Both are aware of and can interact with Jacob
What are we meant to take from this? Are they in some sense brothers?
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