 During the casting process , Shannon was compared to Paris Hilton , and Lost producer Damon Lindelof described her as a " bitch . She is like a typical spoiled daddy 's girl who gets whatever she wants and is not responsible to the slightest bit . " Eirik Knutzen of The Repository found Shannon to be " a self @-@ centered twit , " and she was also called a " spoiled daddy 's girl . " Boone describes her as a " self @-@ centered little bitch . " On her first night on the Island , Shannon is confident they will be rescued , refusing to help the others organize the luggage . She does not care Rose ( L. Scott Caldwell ) has lost her husband , and spends much of her time sunbathing . She manipulates Charlie ( Dominic Monaghan ) into catching a fish for her , after which Boone apologizes on behalf of Shannon for " using this poor guy like [ she ] use [ s ] everyone else . " In " Whatever the Case May Be , " Boone says to Shannon , " Don 't you see the way they look at us around here ? They don 't take us seriously . We 're a joke . I 'm trying to contribute something . You 're just – you 're useless . " This motivates her to help Sayid translate maps he obtained from Rousseau . 
