IDEAS for the comparisons . . .
⇨ fantasy setting
as w/ Tolkien series, Percy Jackson, King Arthur, Odysseus
⇨ young boy as hero ("son" and "boy")
David, Percy Jackson, The Little Prince
⇨ willing hero archetype
David, King Arthur, Harriet Tubman
⇨ hero setting out on a great quest (“long time the maxome foe he sought”)
Harriet Tubman, Phileas Fogg from Around the World in 80 Days, Christopher Columbus)
⇨ other dangers (“Jub Jub bird and Bandersnatch”)
A Night Divided, by Jennifer A. Nielsen- the problems along the way to freedom,
The Wizard of Oz)
⇨ seemingly insurmountable foe and/or other dangers
Atticus Finch/prejudice, David/Goliath
⇨ foe sneaking up on the hero (“and an in uffish thought he stood. . .& burbled as it came)
⇨ cutting off of the foe's head
David/ Goliath, Hercules/Hydra, Beowulf/Grendel
⇨ hero's welcome
Donner Party returning to settlement, Cast Away protagonist, returning soldiers)
⇨ Jabberwock
the Wicked Witch - the Wizard of Oz, Goliath - the Bible, Abiyoyo - African Folktale,
Smaug -Tolkien, the Terrible Whatzit -Dick Gackenbach, Jadis - Narnia, the Grinch -
Dr. Suess
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