The Navidson Record In Johnny's The House Of Leaves

Johnny clearly has paranoid thoughts that are brought to the forefront throughout the text. Just like his mother, Pelafina, Johnny makes up many scenarios in his head and is often unreliable. This could be a result of paranoia from many strange events from before Johnny found the Navidson record or from actually reading the Navidson Record. A hereditary mental illness from his mother could also lead to his mental instability and his tendency to be unreliable. The lines between reality and fiction are blurred by leaving it up to the reader to read the letters from Johnny’s mother, Pelafina, to better understand his relationship with his mother. The letters sent by Pelafina to Johnny are the most reliable source of information about Johnny’s past and they are unreliable because she was institutionalized for a mental illness. No one knows for sure if any of the information in this book is accurate and reliable. Johnny’s existence itself is defined by putting together the Navidson Record. It is his

It is about a family’s documentary that was fictional, written by a fictional blind man, with footnotes and references that are fictional, and compiled by a fictional tattoo assistant that is insane. The many different psyches and perceptions used to connect the characters in the House of Leaves act as foundational support for the theme of the entire novel, that without them in their entirety, there would be absolutely nothing interesting left in the book to read. The House of Leaves provokes thought, debate and analysis of one’s psyche from the reader. Each individual will analyze and interpret the book in their own unique way, through reflective consciousness and mediation. Readers that can navigate through the labyrinth of House of Leaves will learn that they have successfully deconstructed the book, survived the maze, and discovered new ways to interpret