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Well the obvious theme that Karamazov has in common with Lost is patricide. Ben, Kate, and Locke (indirectly) all kill their fathers, just as Ivan, Alexei, Dmitry and Smerdyakov all in various ways bring about their father's death. It's a little more subtle in Karamazov, but we can expect that from a book, or Dostoyevsky in particular. Again, like Lost, the father is by no means an innocent victim, Fyodor Pavlovich is brash, selfish, irresponsible and immature, and it is no surprise that the sons dislike him.

The other major point that comes to my mind is duality. Lost has various themes of opposition: black and white, fate and free will, faith and reason. The Karamazov Brothers also treats faith and reason through Alexei and Ivan respectively, but in my opinion it ultimately sides with faith as Ivan undergoes his mental downfall after his visit from the "devil".

The tension in Karamazov is certainly evident, though it is a different kind of tension to that of Lost, not least because of the different medium. Dostoyevsky is very good at keeping tension within one fixed scene and conversation, like Dmitri's questioning, or his trial, whilst Lost will often compare multiple scenes and call into question previous assumptions. But ultimately both make you crave the answer, and require a lot of commitment to get it (1000+ pages of book or 100+ hours of television). But I think they're worth it.

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Recently I suggested distinguishing shared centrics from individual centrics in character infoboxes. Someone requested to see an example, so here's a few examples of the major characters and how it will work. The extent of centricity is, of course, debatable, but I think most of the distinctions I make here side with the majority.

v • d • e Jack Shephard Portrayed by Matthew Fox and John O'Hara Centric episodes "Pilot, Part 1" • "White Rabbit" • "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" • "Do No Harm" • "Man of Science, Man of Faith" • "The Hunting Party" • "A Tale of Two Cities" • "Stranger in a Strange Land" • "Through the Looking Glass, Part 1" • "Through the Looking Glass, Part 2" • "Something Nice Back Home" • "316" • "Lighthouse" • "The Candidate" • Shared centric episodes "Exodus, Part 1" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 3" • "The Incident, Part 2" • "LA X, Part 1" • "LA X, Part 2" • "The Last Recruit" • "What They Died For" • "The End" Mobisodes "The Watch" • "King of the Castle" • "Operation: Sleeper" • "Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack" • "So It Begins" Flashback characters Achara • Andrea • Anesthesiologist No. 1 • Anesthesiologist No. 2 • Anesthesiologist No. 3 • Beth • Beth's husband • Buchanan • Angelo Busoni • Gabriela Busoni • Cindy Chandler • Chet • Chrissy • Ray Shephard • Ana Lucia Cortez • EMT • Desmond Hume • JD • Kevin • Jacob • Jin-Soo Kwon • Meathead • Michelle • Minister • Moderator • Morgue doctor • Rose Nadler • Nurse • Locke's nurse • Charlie Pace • Adam Rutherford • Christian Shephard • Margo Shephard • Sarah Shephard • Sarah Shephard's lover • Marc Silverman• Taylor • Teacher • Thai boy • Tux shop owner Flash-forward characters Mrs. Arlen • Mrs. Arlen's son • Kate Austen • Ms. Berenberg • Customer • Doctor • Funeral director • Dr. Thomas Gardez • Rob Hamill • Jane • Sayid Jarrah • Noor "Nadia" Abed Jazeem • Jeff • Ryan Laker • Benjamin Linus • Aaron Littleton • Carole Littleton • John Locke • Gary Nadler • Newsreader • Noreen • Pharmacist • Reporter No. 1 • Hugo "Hurley" Reyes • Christian Shephard • Margo Shephard • Sarah Shephard • Dr. Smith Sira • Dr. Erika Stevenson • Dr. Stillman Flash-sideways characters Kate Austen • Juliet Carlson • Cindy Chandler • Anthony Cooper • Dogen • Dogen's son • Guard • Desmond Hume • Sayid Jarrah • Claire Littleton • John Locke • Bernard Nadler • Rose Nadler • Seth Norris • Helen Norwood • Charlie Pace • Christian Shephard • David Shephard • Margo Shephard • Dr. Somerline • Surgeon • Ilana Verdansky Items Christian's coffin • Golden pass • Halliburton case • Jack's watch • Locke's coffin • Newspaper clipping • Oxycodone

[[Template:{{{name}}}|v]] • [[Template talk:{{{name}}}|d]] • [{{fullurl:Template:{{{name}}}|action=edit}} e] John Locke Portrayed by Terry O'Quinn, Charles Henry Wyson and Caleb Steinmeyer Centric episodes "Walkabout" • "Deus Ex Machina" • "Orientation" • "Lockdown" • "Further Instructions" • "The Man from Tallahassee" • "The Brig" • "Cabin Fever" • "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" • "The Substitute" • "The Last Recruit" • Shared centric episodes "Exodus, Part 2" • "The Incident, Part 1" • "LA X, Part 1" • "LA X, Part 2" • "The Candidate" • "The End" Flash-sideways episodes "The Substitute" Flashback characters Matthew Abaddon • Adam • Richard Alpert • Kate Austen • Autumn • Ayesha • Jimmy Bane • Bobby • Cindy Chandler • Father Chuck • Eddie Colburn • Construction foreman • Anthony Cooper • Crystal • Eddie • Emma • ER doctor • ER nurse • Florence • Frainey • Francine • Gellert • Government worker • Hajer • Helen • Jacob • Jan • Sayid Jarrah • Noor "Nadia" Abed Jazeem • Jeannie • Bea Jones • JD • Kid • Kim • William Kincaid • Jin-Soo Kwon • Benjamin Linus • Aaron Littleton • Lizzie • Walt Lloyd • Emily Locke • Mrs. Locke • Locke's nurse • Detective Mason • Melissa • Michelle • Mike • Moderator • Randy Nations • Helen Norwood • Nurse Margaret • Charlie Pace • Physical therapist • Detective Reed • Rick Romer • Shannon Rutherford • Security guard • Jack Shephard • Sister Consuela • Mrs. Talbot • Peter Talbot • Tom • Waiter • Warren • Charles Widmore • Sheriff Williams • Zach Flash-sideways characters Boone Carlyle • Anthony Cooper • Courier • Ken Fisher • Desmond Hume • Lynn Karnoff • Jin-Soo Kwon • Benjamin Linus • Rose Nadler • Randy Nations • Helen Norwood • Orderly • Hugo Reyes • School kid • Jack Shephard • Student Items Backgammon • Coffin • Compass • Crossword puzzle • Knives • Bentham's passport • Suicide note • Trebuchet • Wheelchair • Whistle

v • d • e Kate Austen Portrayed by Evangeline Lilly, Emily Rae Argenti and Skye McCole Bartusiak Centric episodes "Tabula Rasa" • "Whatever the Case May Be" • "Born to Run" • "What Kate Did" • "I Do" • "Left Behind" • "Eggtown" • "The Little Prince" • "Whatever Happened, Happened" • "What Kate Does" • Shared centric episodes "Pilot, Part 2" • "Exodus, Part 1" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 2" • "There's No Place Like Home, Part 3" • "The Incident, Part 1" • "LA X, Part 1" • "LA X, Part 2" • "The End" Flashback characters Adam • Sam Austen • Baseball Hat • Connor Brennan • Rachel Brennan • Tom Brennan • Kevin Callis • Mr. Callis • Suzanne Callis • Customer • Duncan • Federal agent • Kate's horse • Mark Hutton • Jacob • Diane Janssen • Wayne Janssen • Sayid Jarrah • Jason • Johnny • Sun-Hwa Kwon • Benjamin Linus • Aaron Littleton • Carole Littleton • Man • Manager • Edward Mars • Michelle • Minister • Ray Mullen • Dan Norton • Nurse • Cassidy Phillips • Clementine Phillips • Sam • Sanjay • Jack Shephard • Six Foot Five • Mr. Springer • Sweet young woman • Ticket agent • Trucker • Scott Wheeler Flash-forward characters Arthur Galzethron • Bearded man • Co-pilot • Karen Decker • Melissa Dunbrook • Diane Janssen • Dan Norton • Duncan Forrester • Sayid Jarrah • Sun-Hwa Kwon • Aaron Littleton • Claire Littleton • Woo-Jung Paik • Mrs. Paik • Pearson • Pilot • Carmen Reyes • David Reyes • Hugo "Hurley" Reyes • Jack Shephard • Margo Shephard • Veronica Flash-sideways characters Admitting nurse • Leslie Arzt • Lindsey Baskum • Mr. Baskum • Ana Lucia Cortez • James "Sawyer" Ford • Ethan Goodspeed • Sayid Jarrah • Claire Littleton • Margaret • Edward Mars • Mechanic • Detective Rasmussen • Hugo Reyes • Jack Shephard • Taxi driver • Officer Westly • Woman in bathroom Items Halliburton case • Mugshot • Safety deposit box • Time capsule • Toy airplane • Kate and Tom's tape • Map

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