Boone Carlyle.  Boone is a cool character in my opinion.   Even though we haven’t seen him in a full-time role since season one, he is still a very important part of the show.  In my opinion, he is the sole reason that the hatch was discovered.  Do you remember what happened?  Boone was out with John, hunting, and it became dark outside.  Boone claimed he was going back, and John tossed him the light.  Boone, clumsily didn’t catch it, and it fell to the ground, and hit what sounded like metal.  That one event caused them to find that hatch, and shaped the destiny of every character on the island.  I like Boone, but I think he has almost has the need to please people.  Take for an example, when Jack asked him for a pen, he desired nothing more than to help.  Then him following Locke, almost like he was his father.  I am guessing because this is due to the lack of a father figure in his life.  He only had a step-father, and people like this tend to seek out a father figure, and Locke happened to fit the bill.  There was almost an unnatural connection between them, almost like Boone was to loyal to John.  Boone doesn’t seem to have a messed up past like the majority of the other survivors.  From what we saw of it, it seemed fairly clean actually.

Boone also had a need to show that he was powerful, almost like no one would believe him otherwise.  He claimed that he was very powerful to one character early in the show.  You saw a complete turn-around when he believed that Shannon died, and he lost his attachment to her.  That shows that Boone was more or less obsessed with Shannon, which was apparently obvious, considering he came all the way to Sydney to simply rescue her from a guy, and paid $50,000.
 
Although I found Boone a little annoying at times, I believe he was developing into a pretty cool character.  He’s almost like a wanna-be rich kid, but that side of him wore off.  We see Boone warn Sayid not to pursue Shannon.  Of course this was most likely due to the fact that he was still in love with her.  To sum Boone up, I’d call him kind, brave, and daring.  Boone does not keep secrets from anyone.   He is very chivalrous at times, but he put his trust in people to easily in my opinion.

What can we learn from Boone?  We cannot get attached to things in life.  Well, perhaps attached isn’t the correct word; maybe obsessive about something, as he did Shannon.  Every single thing besides her clouded his judgment, due to the fact that he felt the need to protect her, although she may not have even deserved it at times.  Boone was very courageous, and died in an attempt to save everyone by using a radio in a plane he and Locke found.  Locke later referred to him as a “sacrifice that the island demanded.”