Who is Jacob?
Written by admin on February 3, 2008One of the things that has puzzled us since the middle of Season 3 is: Who is Jacob?
We saw a glimpse of him in The Man Behind the Curtain. He was sat in a rocking chair and appeared to be wearing old clothes. From that theories circuled around that Jacob is from the ship that crashed on the Island, The Black Rock. That seems plausible giving the circumstances of living on this Island.
Then in the first episode of Season 4 we see Christian Shepherd in Jacob’s rocking chair and all others theories go out of the window. Apparantly, according to speculation, Christian IS Jacob.
I don’t believe this for a second, and here’s my reasoning:
- Jacob in Season 3 was wearing very old clothes, Christian was wearing a suit.
- Jacob to me seems like someone Ben has known for a very long time, he could possibly have come accross Jacob around the time he first met Richard. Christian would’ve only been on the Island for 3 months because of the time of the crash.
To me I think Ben has been “summoned” by Jacob for a very long time. The Others were very anxious also when Ben told them he was taking Locke to see Jacob. Why would they be anxious about someone Ben has only known for 3 months?
I do believe Christian was there in that room, but I don’t believe that he IS Jacob.
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February 3rd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I’ve got a new theory about Jacob that’s come together after seeing Locke in the house and Christian Sheperd in the chair. I think he’s the one who’s been appearing to people on the island since the beginning. I think it was him who led Jack to water as Christian, that he was the one who appeared to Locke as Walt when Locke was in the grave, that he appeared to Hurley as Dave and that he was possibly the one who appeared as Ecko’s brother - maybe he even appeared as Charlie to Hurley in the institution? We know Charlie wasn’t imagined by Hurley, as another patient pointed him out.
If he is the one responsible for all these appearances then maybe he controls the black smoke or perhaps the black smoke is one of his forms - and it strikes me that whatever or whoever Jacob is, he’s the intelligence of the island made manifest, the force protecting it for whatever reason.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:42 am
“We know Charlie wasn’t imagined by Hurley, as another patient pointed him out.”
That is the one thing that makes you wonder, isn’t it? But reading what you’ve said it does make sense that that could be Jacob.
Another point that could back that up is the fact that Hurley said to Jack “It wants us to go back”. Maybe the It isn’t the Island, but the It is Jacob?
Thanks for posting :)
July 30th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
i have another theory…I am Jacob!!!! ahhahaahhaahahah
August 4th, 2008 at 5:10 am
No no… I am ;)