Loneliness In The Outsider

In the short story “The Outsider” by Lovercraft, there are many themes projected. Although, the feel that the author is trying to project is in order to prevent loneliness you must accept who you are. There is something that drives us not to want to be lonely, and this is where the tone plays in. A clear connection to being lonely is the connection of feeling melancholy.
In the beginning of the story the character is lonely to the point he tries every so hard to “cling desperately to those sere memories”(1). The word “desperately”(1) helps emphasized the weakness of being lonely. This is the closest hope of every being content. After the character frightens the people in the apartment he is left “deserted” (3) in the room alone, listening to “their vanishing echoes” (3). The author uses the word “deserted”(3) to express the feeling conveyed by the character.
“Under the dark mute trees” (1) the character “would often lie and dream for hours” (1). Personification helps support the gloomy mood that connects to the theme. He would “longingly picture [himself] amidst gay crowds” (1) this helps develop the theme. While alone, the character describes “the noiseless rats and bats and spiders” (1) that accompany him. The author gets rid of the commas and uses the word “and” (1) to get the reader to feel with the tone of the