Janie Cherestal

The story of the Navidson house gets more and more intriguing as I continue reading about it. I loved how Chapter XIII describes the madness of the bloody scene from the eyes of an innocent schoolteacher checking up on her students. I felt heartbroken when Tom was swallowed up by the house, for he had become my favorite character of the novel. I especially felt bad for Navidson, for any reader could see that he had emotionally reconnected to his brother. Some questions that crossed my mind while reading this segment of the novel were-
- What is the significance behind the fact that the furniture blockading the entrance to the hallway looked like a theater?
- Why does Karen accept the tapes of the house when it seems as though all she wanted throughout the novel was to get as far away from the house as possible?
- What is this “it” that Johnny is trying to lock out of his house?
- Does the fact that Zampano is blind relate in anyway to the theme of darkness and the unknown of the novel?