Lost in the Funhouse

Into the Funhouse we go...

I'm going to keep this little 'about the story' section pretty short because as much as I can tell you what happens and what I think about the plot etc etc, Having someone else telling you of the events ruins the journey through the Funhouse itself and after all, isn't that the whole point? To get a little lost and see where you end up?

Due to the academic nature of this blog I hoped to stay away from information sources such as 'Wikipedia', Sparknotes or Enotes, but unfortunately this will not the case as the summary I found on Enotes.com perfectly showed my argument about the confusing nature of the text.

“In “Lost in the Funhouse,” the author, John Barth, writes a story about someone, a narrator, who is himself writing a story about Ambrose, a boy of thirteen. In writing the story about Ambrose, the narrator also comments on the techniques of fiction and the problems and concerns that confront a writer of fiction who is trying to write a story. To complicate the matter further, the narrator may or may not be Ambrose. If the narrator is Ambrose, then Ambrose is writing a story about Ambrose writing a story about Ambrose.” (http://www.enotes.com/topics/lost-funhouse)