Why Didn't You Just Say That in the First Place

Chapter 52 and Chapter 52 were kind of really weird and sort of confusing, but they made the novel make so much more sense to me. As ridiculous as PaPa LaBas' story was, that background definitely helped me to understand Jes Grew more, plus it was interesting, even though I found it to be kind of convoluted. So that's good. However, I can't help but wish that Reed had put these chapters earlier in the novel. As soon as we started Mumbo Jumbo, we established that this book is unique in its setup, since it can be compared to a movie. I know we talked about it weeks ago, but after reading the chapter 52s, I can definitely see how the book is like a movie. But seriously, if he had put them earlier in the book, it would've made our lives so much easier. I feel like I understand what's going on in this novel now, which is something I was unable to say for the first 51 chapters. But that's okay, because now I am using the necessary backstory to create a full picture in my mind and everything is working out. Now let's talk about the backstory itself.

I thought that the backstory was interesting, especially because Reed kind of mixed religions/belief systems together. Let's see who we have:
1) Osiris, Set, and Isis (Thoth as well?)-- Egyptian gods
2) Dionysus -- Greek god
3) Moses -- Bible

There's probably more, but you probably get the idea. Plus there's also mention of other people in these chapters, like Thermuthis, daughter of Tutankhamen, who adopted Moses, Jesus, some more pharaohs, etc. I thought it was interesting that Reed used elements from both polytheistic and monotheistic religions to create this story. I have two ideas about why he would do so. I'm inclined to believe that doing so allows him to make a commentary on monotheistic religions, since it seems like that's what he's been doing throughout the novel, especially since he uses a lot of aspects from voodoo and loas. On the other hand, maybe he used all of these characters as a way to relate Jes Grew to everyone. The Book of Thoth and dancing isn't contained into just one religion, it's more universal, and as we've seen, it can impact everyone, so maybe this story adds to the background of Jes Grew.

I don't know, I feel like I'm getting this completely wrong, but that's just what I gathered, my first impression, whatever you want to call it. I definitely want to analyze these scenes more closely because I think there's a lot of interesting information that can reveal more about the book as a whole.