The Walrus and The Carpenter Interpretation

'The Walrus and the Carpenter' is a metaphorical poem about organized religion.

The Walrus - with his happy and large built - represents the Buddha, or - considering the tusks - the Hindu elephant god, Lord Ganesha. This represents the Eastern religions.

The Carpenter is obviously Jesus, who was raised the son of a carpenter. He represents the Western religions.

And in the poem. what do they do? They dupe all the oysters into following them.

Then when the oysters collective guard is down. the Walrus and the Carpenter eat them.

The meaning here is that following faiths based on these mythological figures insures the destruction of one's inner-being.

Organized religion destroys who we are or who we can be by inhibiting our actions and decisions out of fear of an intangible parent-figure who shakes a finger at us from thousands of years ago.