The Ogre

This book at first did not strike me as being particularly complicated until references from the early beginning began showing up in later pages, with myth building on myth. I don't really know where to start analyzing except when Tiffauges' memories of St. Christooher's. Mystics and theologians often describe someone's inner mind and personality as the "interior person", usually expressed as an enclosed garden or a mansion, or another type of building. For Tiffauge, I think St. Christopher represents his interior person as well as the playground he frequents. Children can be wild on the playground as described in the story, so for him it must be his emotions and desires raging. I think it represents a kind of Eden for him that he never knew he had until it was too late, so he reconciles the passage of time with trying to serve and accompany children as much as he can.