The first sentence sets the story in a fantastical town – Ulthar, near the river Skai – and highlights how there cats are apparently revered by the population. On the other, this same characterization connects them to the horrible monsters of Lovecraft’s stories, framing them just like those inscrutable and terrifying creatures. On the one hand, it presents them as sacred, mystical beings. The Cats of Ulthar is a short story that depicts felines in an ambiguous manner. “ It is said that in Ulthar, which lies beyond the river Skai, no man may kill a cat.” The point is to analyze how Lovecraft crafted his tales of horror, the narrative devices he used, the patterns in his writing, the common themes present in his work, and – of course – the blatant racism that permeates some of his stories. Lovecraft’s short stories and novellas, following a chronological order – as they are structured in the Barnes & Noble edition of H.P. The plan is to write a few paragraphs – a small review – on each of H.P. We are nothing compared to what lies out there, beyond our reach and understanding. Howard Phillips Lovecraft is the father of cosmic horror – the genre constructed around the notion that we humans are just a tiny, insignificant part of the universe, which holds much bigger, ancient, and more powerful beings.
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