2/ So there's an interesting inversion where the uninvited guests and resolution of that issue START the tale instead of end it, but also, Tolkien, who's entire literary career was basically reconciling pagan European history with Christian norms, has Bilbo turn the other cheek.
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3/ Odysseus, [ pagan ] god-like, murders in righteous anger. Bilbo, Jesus-like, gives bread and wine to the 12 at the last supper he hosts in his home before departing.
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... and why did Gandalf, the largest of them, not simply eat the others?
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Very, very well done, Eddie. Bravo.
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yes, I know but this is either orthogonal to my point, or agreeing with it
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The Odyssey cannot be properly understood without recognizing it as the story of a hyper-intelligent man with a red beard who has annoyed some powerful people but eventually wins out by virtue of his wits, memory, and planning.
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and, LOL, there was talk of wrestling a few pages back, and I thought of you!
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Of COURSE someone wrote a paper about the two stories. https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2344&context=mythlore … He doesn’t talk about it much, but mentions the expulsion of the Sackville-Bagginses at the end of The Hobbit as closer to The Odyssey.
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