Too many Chirst figures,

Aragorn as the returning king in Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien, is obviously a type of Christ figure. He saves his nation blah blah blah. I really like this book and the movie as well. I have very little to complain about and far too much to praise this book about so I am going to go off subject instead.

I think that far too many authors, secular and Christian, but Christian especially, write too many Christ characters into books. It seems like every book has some type of Christ that can be found within it's pages. I think it makes the books that do the Christ figures well, less powerful just by the sheer amount of people who find it useful for their purposes to throw Christ in some way onto their pages. The story of Christ is a good one, and it translates well into a lot of fiction, but sometimes, it does not.

I personally think that Descent into Hell was one of these books that tried the whole Christ thing and epically failed. Stanhope takes on the struggles of his friend selflessly and willingly, but it makes me ask, so what? Who cares if Stanhope takes this burden on? He even says that the burden is not so great because it has nothing to do with him except for that he is taking it from her. What sacrifice is it to take someone's burden when it does not burden you?

So as a warning, stop writing Christ into books if there really is not a place for Christ to fit into the story. Or else.