Something I began to think about after Claire buried an axe in the Other's gut, was the sheer number of people who have died on the island over the course of the show. Not counting the original crash victims, it's probably in the hundreds: Others, Tailies, Losties, Dharma, Freighter, Frenchies...
It makes me wonder what is so important about the island that all those deaths can be justified. I realize now that this is the central question I want answered; much more than what Dharma is doing or why the Others are there or whatever. Jacob, what's the point? Why so much suffering and what for?
Also, I got this off of Reddit from a User named NJScorpio:
