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The Lost Exposed In The TV Show Lost

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The TV show Lost is a story of 48 passengers that survived a plane crash in a mysterious island. The interaction with strangers on the island is a unique narration of communal reliance, but if we look closely through the lenses of economics we can have a divergent understanding on the significance of Lost and draw conclusions on the underlying behaviors the characters portray throughout the scenes. The island served as a common ground for all characters to express a new persona to their own narratives. The paper will guide you through several economic principles and extrapolate them to Lost and then will explain the pitfalls of such principles with regard to the Lost. When the airplane fell on the island, the characters were forced to adapt to a new environment. Albeit, every survivor brought to the island a particular skill or expertise with them and if put to the service of others could help the group of survivors be better-off. Likewise, each country around the world have their own specializations which help them trade goods and services with other countries with other array of specializations. This is the principle of Comparative Advantage, coined by economist David Ricardo in 1817. David Ricardo argued that when two or more economic …show more content…

The boar was coming towards them and Michael got injured in one leg. Then, Locke told Kate to carry Michael back to the beach and Locke continued on his own. I think this is an act of irrationality because Locke should have aided Michael and perhaps come back with two other people. Locke is bearing a lot of unnecessary risk because he has an idea of how big the animal is and apriori the hunt requested two people to come with him for the hunt. As a rule of thumb, is always better to walk in groups in settings like forests because one person supports the other in case

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