Imagine waking up and not knowing what's going on, where you are, who you are. The thought would drive you crazy as the writer of the short story “The Outsider” by H.P Lovecraft has tried to give you this sense of eeriness and self unaware fear that strikes you deep. The ambiance of the story is a weary man not knowing where he is at and not knowing who or what he is. The author used very descriptive imagery words so the reader would feel the same as if he or she reading it would feel as if they were also in the story.
This story entails a series of horrible events that are used so the reader may feel the same as if they were in the story. It unfolds on the viewpoint of a sadly confused man wondering around what is perceived to be a mansion. The man scared and confused tries to figure out what exactly has happened to him. As the story progresses, he looks into a mirror and sees what he thought was a “monster”. H.P Lovecraft uses very descriptive words in order to paint an image in the head of the reader using terms and phrases such as, “thickly wooded parks”, “a venerable wide castle … which seemed madly familiar”. These words and phrases used create a visual image in the head of the reader. …show more content…
The author wanted the reader to get a visual image to send chills down their spines but also have the reader wanting to read more. The author’s main objective was to describe a very descriptive story that entails a man that is wildly confused and scared, wandering in a mansion but more than that he wanders through the vast thoughts in his head driving himself crazy. The man in the story has no name but his visual appearance is described when the author tells of how the man looks into the mirror and sees a horrific monster which scares the man to even look at his