The blog for SUNY Binghamton's Spring'09 COLI 214B 02 Literature and Society Class. Chapter summaries, analyses and discussion of prescribed texts written by students.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Kristin Todd

Chapters 13-16

These chapters of the novel showed the mystery progressing.  I found it shocking that Navidson was able to make it out of the labyrinth, but at the same time if he did not, the novel would have had to end.  I thought that the parts of Karen's life towards the end helped calm down the story and make it less frightening because it showed an actual person in life rather than just focusing on the labyrinth the whole time.  I was startled when the house started lashing out against the Navidson's and the others because I thought it only had power inside the labyrinth, not on the whole house.  I am looking forward to reading about the repercussions of Navidson's decision to go back to the house instead of staying in New York with Karen and the kids.

Discussion Questions:
1.  What's going to happen to the Navidson family now that Will left New York for Virginia?
2.  How is it possible that the house reacted like it did?
3.  What is going on with Johnny?  Why is the novel affecting him like it is?

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