In The Call of Cthulhu the narrator knew that one way or another, he was going to die, maybe just as mysteriously as his uncle’s sudden death or that of the sailor whom, he suspected, where struck by the cult for knowing too much, yet it was too late for him to turn back. Lowell explained Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, a cycle where a hero is called to face tribulation, but on the other hand, in Lovecraft’s work “however, for Lovecraft and his imitators, this realm of myth contains only sorrow, insanity, and death by entering it one realizes the truth of humanity's insignificance in the universe,” which in the end it was the idea that the author wanted to convey. The narrator as well as the reader knew that only death awaited them on the situation of the narrator. Lovecraft was an expert at giving exquisite details to the point of provoking goose bumps and describing everything that demanded an explanation Lovecraft combined his describing ability and fused it with a sense of “horror, sorrow and insanity” that irrevocably made the reader felt lost and hopeless because they knew that nothing they did would change for them. Lowell in his work on the Cthulhu Mythos talked that “although the "Cthulhu Mythos" includes such trappings as common names, places, gods, and so forth, how a story evokes horror is what qualifies it as part of the ‘mythos’” (47). Lovecraft shows a world where humans are not alone and present them as weak which can furthermore emphasize his views on the world. Even the narrator in Call of Cthulhu seems to be a misunderstood person with no social life or social skills whatsoever that may really depict how Lovecraft really was. It can be concluded from his biography that Lovecraft in his early years didn’t have many friends since he “became a reclusive figure for several years, choosing to stay up late studying and reading and writing and then sleeping late into the day,” contributing more to the idea that his reclusiveness had a big impact on his views about human race. Most of Lovecraft work was related to the fear of the unknown and created colossal cosmic entities that lurked the planet waiting patiently the day of their return to conquer the world. As a teenager, he did attend Hope High School, but he suffered a nervous breakdown before he could earn his diploma.” Many of these events might have had a direct impact on his writing, especially those which suggest his interest in astronomy and the stories of Poe it is easy to note that these were Lovecraft’s biggest influences came from and how he came up with the wicked ideas that proposed in his stories. Lovecraft loved the works of Edgar Allan Poe and developed a special interest in astronomy. He became an avid reader, devouring works on a variety of texts. Lovecraft, was “A sickly child, Lovecraft spent many of his school years at home. According to the Biography website for H. 1928, when the author had 37 years-old, but in his early years, Lovecraft underwent from different traumas that might have influenced his horror genre, experiences such as his father’s death at age eight and his reclusive attitude. The Call of Cthulhu was published on Feb. This psychoanalysis will explore in detail the events and ideas that the author uses to deliver his philosophical views and their possible meaning by looking to his short story The Call of Cthulhu, his background and inspirations. The Call of Cthulhu follows the exploration of a nameless narrator who is piecing a bizarre mystery that revolves around a cult that praises the Elder Ones, gods that ruled the world even before humankind existed, a mystery that his granduncle left behind after passing away suddenly. Lovecraft shows exquisite details in The Call of Cthulhu that perfectly denote his “cosmic indifferentism” beliefs and takes advantages of his imaginative universe filled with immense entities to demonstrate how weak humans really are. Considered as the father of contemporary horror fiction, H. Lovecraft’s “Call of Cthulhu” Lovecraft demonstrates his philosophies of life and portrays perfect examples of how he does not believe in human supremacy.
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