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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8809147" data-attributes="member: 85555">I understand.&nbsp; And definitely has things going on which I don't think can be easily discussed here. I don't disagree with you that those are present. I was just saying this is an interesting moment in the story where I think you see some of the things underlying the fears behind all that stuff coming to the surface. And its also a moment where I sense he is coming to terms with things going on inside his body and mind. Which is why I feel the description of the deep ones in that section, with a lot of its interesting religious language is so compelling. But I do think the story has a lot of different layers and I wouldn't necessarily bring it down to being about one thing. I see there being a lot of different aspects of it that are worth analysis. Like I said, it can be about a descent into madness, but also about the author embracing that part of himself. I also think it is interesting because it at least opens up the possibility of the narrator having been an unreliable narrator up to the point of the story as well, as another poster alluded to (which I don't necessarily think is the case but I do think it is an interesting topic of discussion). And that ties to Zadok, because something to keep in mind about him is he is the town drunk. And he rambles like someone who might not be in their right mind, so it is entirely possible details he is conveying to the narrator are not accurate, exaggerated, or at least not the whole story. The whole sequence where they are coming after the narrator in the inn for example may not have been as nefarious as he thought. And again, I am not saying that means the deep ones are good, or the narrator isn't mad, it just opens up this possible angle where the story can be recontextualized.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8809147, member: 85555"] I understand. And definitely has things going on which I don't think can be easily discussed here. I don't disagree with you that those are present. I was just saying this is an interesting moment in the story where I think you see some of the things underlying the fears behind all that stuff coming to the surface. And its also a moment where I sense he is coming to terms with things going on inside his body and mind. Which is why I feel the description of the deep ones in that section, with a lot of its interesting religious language is so compelling. But I do think the story has a lot of different layers and I wouldn't necessarily bring it down to being about one thing. I see there being a lot of different aspects of it that are worth analysis. Like I said, it can be about a descent into madness, but also about the author embracing that part of himself. I also think it is interesting because it at least opens up the possibility of the narrator having been an unreliable narrator up to the point of the story as well, as another poster alluded to (which I don't necessarily think is the case but I do think it is an interesting topic of discussion). And that ties to Zadok, because something to keep in mind about him is he is the town drunk. And he rambles like someone who might not be in their right mind, so it is entirely possible details he is conveying to the narrator are not accurate, exaggerated, or at least not the whole story. The whole sequence where they are coming after the narrator in the inn for example may not have been as nefarious as he thought. And again, I am not saying that means the deep ones are good, or the narrator isn't mad, it just opens up this possible angle where the story can be recontextualized. [/QUOTE]

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