Heroes: LOTR vs Rocky Balboa

Originally Posted by Imladris

I don't really understand why we need to draw parallels between two obviously different genres of story.

Rocky is human and people, in general, can relate to him.

Aragorn is not. We are not meant to relate to him.

Rocky is frosting, LotR is cake.

Two different types of heroes, both equally fulfilling a need that the people felt at the time.

Why do we need to relate Santa Claus with christmas, when the real reason for celebrating lies with Christ? People make comparisons because they want to, regardless of whether it is not to the liking to his Lordship.