LL thinks the story is about what truly sustains people, things like beauty, order, and truth (in the form of good judgment, which leads to good governance). At first, his parents provide for Jack – a house, an axe, tools, caring, and food. Then he leaves home and begins to negotiate. He crosses the bridge threshold and receives help from a wizard (< ”wise”). Life symbolically proliferates, and Jack’s risk for the first time leads to profit more than his mother’s cautious instincts. Life moves forward. Analyzing the characters, his mother is a protector, the wizard pushes Jack to mature, and the giants challenge, threaten and inadvertently provide for him. The stakes have been raised, and Jack decides to risk a better life.

(Sorry about the bad sound on my end. It’s been corrected in future episodes.)

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