I'll throw in some others: what's with the dog, how about the battle that appeared out of nowhere, why are certain things forgotten when they should not logically.
So this is intentional. @Shard of Thought the confusion is understandable. The key that no one has talked about yet is the surrealism of the story. Unless it is thought of in that way it will be very confusing.
EDIT: @Shard of Thought & @Ethan_Sedai feel free to vote in this thread's new poll.