How The Cat in the Hat and The Odyssey are Actually Similar Stories

I've been thinking about it and I found that there are some interesting plot similarities between "The Cat in the Hat" and "The Odyssey".

In both stories, the main protector figure (Mom, Odysseus) leaves the house

In their absence, a chaotic entity shows up (The Cat in the Hat + eventually Thing 1 & Thing 2, the Suitors) and attempts to charm the individual(s) remaining in the house (Sally and her brother, Penelope).

While this is is going on, a voice of reason criticizes the behavior of the chaotic entity but is largely ignored and seems to be powerless to physically do something to put an end to the chaos (The Fish, Telemachus).

Eventually, things go too far and someone within the house rises up in order to get rid of the chaotic entity (The main speaker in the Cat in the Hat does this by capturing Thing 1 and Thing 2 with his net, Telemachus plays a vital role in helping Odysseus to clean house and get rid of the suitors).

There are, of course, several differences between these two stories, especially when it comes to the way that they end. At the end of "The Cat in the Hat", the Cat leaves peacefully and even helps to clean up the place while at the end of "The Odyssey", Odysseus and Telemachus basically kill everyone (Including slave women who helped out the suitors and slept with them). The end of "The Odyssey" is extremely gory with all sorts of stabbing and torture....somehow, I don't think that would be appropriate for children. In spite of these differences, it is amazing how far you can get through each story by looking at the similarities