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01:43pm 12/05/2006
 
mood: accomplished
SPOILER ALERT.


DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT THE PLOT RUINED FOR YOU! THIS IS MY 'FINAL' LIST OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT MAY PROVE SIGNIFICANT. PAGE NUMBERS INCLUDED. QUESTIONS? ASK AWAY....










Bad twin Items of Interest



Names

-Paul Artisan (family name Berasategui)
-Cliff Widmore (deceased)
-Alexander (Zander) Widmore aka Cameron Purdue
-Manny Weissman
-Argos
-Keith Baker (Moth) Power of Attorney for Zander (deceased)
-Shannon Widmore (deceased)
-Arthur Widmore
-Vivian Alban Widmore (1st husband Monty Alban aka Sexton)
-Walter Sammler (corpse in morgue when Paul interviewed coroner)
-Crunch
-Elio aka Eddie Ippolito- (Mafia? Leader of Helios)
-Sky (Yoga teacher, friend to Zander)
-Cindy (stewardess)
-Pru Cunningham (private eye for Intercontinental; sister works in biotech)
-Bernard Bryce Widmore (founder of Widmore foundation)
-Chavez (head of Cuban medical foundation)



Questionably pertinent information

-Only difference between Cliff and Zander: Zander is a lefty (mirror twins). P.15

-Widmore business holdings: arcane construction, engineering projects
(mainstream and fringe), possible offshore investments that would be illegal in US, possible classified defense contracting or private security work of questionable ethics. P. 17

-Widmore offices located on 47th floor of building on 57th street. P. 30

-Hanso located on 42nd floor of same building. All in lab coats, white or mint green. All neat short hair. P. 31-2

-Cliff referred to as Widmore heir. P. 33

-Paik Heavy Industry in South Korea in business deal with Widmore. P. 41

-April 15th: date of Zander’s disappearance and Shannon’s funeral p. 43

-Shannon’s suicide attributed to pills, scotch, CO2. p. 58 Questionably murder p. 90

-Arthur Widmore obsessed with Scottish heritage p. 67

-Artisan heritage Basque p. 67

-Primogeniture: law that favors first born at expense of other siblings to prevent estates from being broken up

-Zander older by 23 minutes p. 177

-November 28, 2004: date Scottish feudal system abolished p. 204



-Cliff’s only ally on Widmore board: Mittelwerk from Hanso group. Dangerous, ambitious, brilliantly two faced; acting out an agenda all his own.


Book/Bible references

-Beowulf p.23
-Gilgamesh p. 23
-Prodigal Son p. 46
-Great Gatsby p.80
-Dante’s Inferno, Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, Paradiso p. 98
-Trent’s Last Case p. 129
-Turn of Screw p. 130
-Lord of the Flies p. 154
-Ivanhoe p.156
-King Lear p. 174
-Confession of St. Augustine p. 257


Possible important words/phrases

-Doppelganger – literally means double goer. The idea that everyone has a double. P. 25

-Escape Hatch- name of Moth’s boat p. 53

-“In time for breakfast tomorrow at the Floridita” p. 128

-“It isn’t like a string of numbers, you add them up, there’s only one solution. Any number of possible outcomes can emerge from a single set of facts.” P. 130

-Fish Lips- Crunch’s boat p. 131

-“The wise man stays at home.” – Emerson p. 143

-“… and a view that was almost oceanic in its scale-“ p.149

-“I don’t trust [Middlewerk]. I think he’s sneaky. I much preferred having Alvar on the board. Alvar is a gentleman….[he has] Everything but morals… Everything except a conscience.” P.149-150

-John Locke- philosopher who argued that the highest goal of our intelligence is the careful and constant pursuit of true and solid happiness. p.168

-Purgatory p.224

-Redemption p. 225

-Our meeting with destiny was inevitable p.245

-8-1-5-1-6 gate code for Widmore estate (Cliff and Zander’s birthdates)


Places
-NYC (setting)
-Peconiquot Island (to find info on Zander)
-Locust Valley (Family home)
-Caledonia (map in Widmore home)
-Key West (to find Zander)
-Australia
-Luna, California



Greek names (related to Persephone?)
-Argos
-Eros
-Thanatos




Foundationsp.163-4

-Hanso
-Helios
-New Eden
-Spirit Friends
-Noah’s Ark		  
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Lost ARG... Bad Twin clues   
09:49am 12/05/2006
 
mood: curious
The Hanso Foundation seems keen on silencing Gary Troup. This tells us that there may be important info in The Bad Twin. I am reading the book and trying to compile a list of possible words/names/etc that may be of use as the game progresses. These are my ideas only, not definite clues. SEE NEXT ENTRY FOR DETAILS.		  
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