Untangling the Knot: An Analysis of Lewis Carroll's the Hunting of the Snark

Lewis Carroll said The Hunting of the Snark was just a nonsense poem but some people have tried to probe its depths to find out if it has an actual substantial meaning to do. What do the various characters represent? What, Exactly, is a Snark and why is the Boojum so dangerous and it is related to the Snark?

The author of the book presents her own take on the poem. She talks about Lewis Carroll saying he was a 'man of God' first, a man of math and logic second and a story teller third.

(I disagree if we consider the amount of time he spent doing things. He spent years teaching math and wrote various books about math and logic. He spent a lot of time writing if we include not just the books he wrote but the many pamphlets that he wrote at the college. He was a religious man but he did not take ordination, spoke at the pulpit very few times and his writing on the subject was limited.)

She thinks the Baker in the story is a representation for Christ, that the Jubjub bird represents the Valley of Death and various other characters represent other things.

I prefer to enjoy the poem just as it is. I tend to think that the Snark can be deeply examined by many people who would end up coming up with many different interpretations.