Ben's Magic Box

"Let me put it so you'll understand.  Picture a box.  You know something about boxes, don't you John?  What if I told that somewhere on this island there's a very large box, and whatever you imagined, whatever you wanted to be in, when you open that box, there it would be.

"What would you say about that, John?"

• Jack.  Jack wants to reconcile with his father.  He sees a vision of his father standing on the beach, and then walks away.
• John Locke.  Wants to walk, voila!  Needs something to believe in, he gets the hatch, and the button, and is shown his new mission to destroy it all?  And his father, oof.  Who do you think brought him there, Locke or Ben?  I think Locke still wants some sort of reconciliation with dad.
  
• Rose.  Wants to be healed, more importantly wants Bernard back.  She gets both.  Coincidence that Bernard is the only "tailie" left alive?
• Bernard.  Wants to be reunited with Rose.  See above.
• Kate.  Wants a pony.  :)  I don't know, but her coming across the horse could mean something.  Wants some stability, and is finding that, whether its with Jack or Sawyer remains to be seen.
  
• Sawyer.  Doesn't know what he wants, I don't think.  We haven't seen him witness any strange vision that I recall.  Maybe that's the source of his continued isolation and
  
• Hurley.  Wants hope, and finds that in Libby (and the van.)  But he's still hung up on the numbers curse, and doesn't think he deserves it.  Libby goes away.  Doesn't explain Dave, though, does it?
  
• Ana Lucia.  Doesn't care if she lives or dies, she's too guilty about her actions back in the states.  Be careful what you wish for?
• Sayid?  Wants to reconcile his past and his guilt over losing Nadia and his actions in the military.  Comes across a familiar gray cat, named Nadia.
  
• Eko.  The big one.  Guilty as sin over his brother, the island provides both the airplane, his brother, and the ultimate penance for his sins.
• Desmond.  Wants to change the past.  Gets a chance.
• Charlie.  Wants respect and a chance to lead a more-or-less normal life, and some responsibility.  He's given Claire and Aaron, a sort of "family" that he can be responsible for.
• Claire.  Wants nothing that I can see but for Aaron to be safe.  Unsure how that plays out but so far its held.
• Sun.  Wants a baby.  Now she's pregnant.  Score!
• Jin.  Wants Sun, was able to reconcile that situation.
• Michael.  Wants desperately off the island for he and Walt, puts his life and reputation on the line for it.  Devotes time to raft construction.  Poof, he's gone.
• Walt.  Ah, Walt's a tough nut to crack.  Being a kid I don't think he knows really what he wants.  But we've seen the polar bears from his comic books come to life.  Maybe some sort of subconcious confusion on the part of this island mystery?
• The "captured" survivors.  Mostly children.  Maybe they just wanted to be safe?  That one's kind of a stretch, I'll admit.
  

• Shannon or Boone.  Weren't with us really long enough to figure out exactly what they wanted, or why they were "chosen" to die.  They were an odd pair, and their confuddled story was probably best dropped.
• Rousseau.  After 16 years you'd think island would chime in and deliver *something*.  Unless total solitude was what she was after.
• Ben, Juliet, and the rest of the "Others."  Maybe there's something going on that doesn't allow the island to grant their desires?  Unless they're all so hung up on their research and mission that the island is giving them exactly what they want.