The Five and a Half Minute Hallway vs. The Five and a Half Minute Footnotes

   Now that the characters are finally beginning to explore the Hallway, and all of its perplexing, and terrifying, possibilities, I have to admit that the narrative itself is becoming a little more coherent even if Zampano's, and especially Johnny's tangents are devolving into something completely disjointed.  Although Johnny's rambling digressions can be somewhat poetic at times, they remain almost completely nonsensical. Obviously the author had some ulterior intention in causing these footnotes to become so illogical, and I'm wondering if maybe this was to mirror the nature of the corridor itself.  When Navidson first ventures into the hallway, we quickly see something so solid as a corridor (ignoring the fact that it is, by its very nature, impossible) becoming jumbled and deranged Navy's short journey progresses. This very disorderly quality is evident in Zampano and Johnny's digressions, and also, perhaps, in the very nature of Johnny's meandering insanity. An even closer parallel can be drawn in the fact that the selfsame phantom that Johnny claims to be seeing at every dark corner is heard as soon as Navidson finds himself lost in the maze that was once a few feet in length.