Eight Questions
I know I’m an All Might blog now, but I do in fact have other interests. I’ve been on something of a break to keep myself from burning out and the House of Leaves void has been calling me for the last two days, so I may just disappear for a while. In the meantime, on the off chance that anyone here has read House of Leaves, here are eight discussion questions:
1. Who is the “real” author?
Johnny?
Zampano?
Pelafina?
Are one or more of these characters the product of another’s imagination?
Do all three exist?
2. Why are animals unaffected by the House?
3. Why remove the red text sections concerning the Minotaur?
Does the Minotaur exist? Is it symbolic of something else?
Can it sense itself being analyzed?
Is it after me right now?
4. Did the Navidson Record exist?
If yes, why does no one know about it?
If no, why all the effort? Is it a product of Zampano's madness? Did he pass that madness to Johnny?
5. Why did all the doors slam shut?
Trapping Holloway? Or protecting Navidson?
6. What is the significance of the baby story?
Whose baby is it?
7. How did Navidson get a copy of House of Leaves?
8. Why include the Pelican Poems? What do they contribute?
