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Reoccurring symbols such as a sacred item (Mushrooms), Fungus, Doyle family similar to cult, even when there is a “happy ending”, there are still lots of unanswered questions leaving a feeling of unease.

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Character Development Patterns:
- Francis has a lot of character development where he ends up being "good" and being with Noemi and Catalina. This is kind of different than the previous books we read where the characters end up on the "bad" side.

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1) The happy ending
2) Less Lovecraftian words + different vocab
3) Love story
4) The strong and confident female lead who was able to stand up for herself

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Similarities:
- uncovering dark family secrets
- having a dark and mysterious setting
- the deaths of family members
group members- Collin, Isabella

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throughout lovecraftian writing, there is always an eerie environment. 

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throughout lovecraftian writing, there is always an eerie environment. 

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The house are the same old, gothic houses. The houses have the same Lovecrafian theme to them.
The settings are similar beacuse they are dark, eerie
Group Members; Ella, Katie, Luke, Delaney

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Symbols
the reoccurring snake eating it's tail symbol is seen throughout Mexican Gothic - representing keeping the bloodline the family

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A common trope for characters in Mexican Gothic and other Lovecraftian horrors is cop/investigator looking into a mystery. Noemi is looking into Catalina's sickness and the Gloom in "Mexican Gothic". Malone is investigating Tommy and Suydam in "The Ballad of Black Tom". The signalman looks into the events on the ranch in "Agents of Dreamland"
Gabe, Cole and Ciaran

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Similarities:
The description of the Doyle House, the environment, the fungus, etc. all seem similar to the way Lovecraft wrote.
Both have a monster or natural thing trying to take over.

Group Members: Ciaran, Cole, and Gabe

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1) The dark and dreary setting
2) Draws from history and social issues
3) Unnatural dreams and signals to the upcoming climax
4) The 'monster' to face
5) The Cults or groups

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Tragic ending, someone dies or is changed forever, the world might be in threat

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Tragic ending, someone dies or is changed forever, the world might be in threat

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Q: How does Mexican Gothic do similar things as listed here, or purposely different? Choose a posting color and add 2 posts right next to the original post.

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Q: How does Mexican Gothic do similar things as listed here, or purposely different? Choose a posting color and add 2 posts right next to the original post.

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Draws from history or contemporary concerns -- makes them literally fantastic

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Draws from history or contemporary concerns -- makes them literally fantastic

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Young, impressionable people have endured trauma and end up acting "maniacal" when faced with a "Lovecraftian" character 

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Young, impressionable people have endured trauma and end up acting "maniacal" when faced with a "Lovecraftian" character 

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-Malone, Signalman and the Narrator: skeptics who are trying to uncover the truth
-Endings of all 3 are up in the air

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Settings- The settings seemed dark and mysterious like the Lab Chloe is in as well as the Library that Tom goes into
Characters- Drew and Suydam were both like the leaders of the cults and Chloe and Tom seemed to be the muses.
Narration-In all stories it would switch to POV
Themes- All seemed to have a mysterious plot to try and solve

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-characters: extraterrestrial/ nonhuman things ex. Cthulu and ant fungus
- theme: character development; the characters start one way, then change into something completely different ex. Black Tom starting nice and then turned into a killer; Chloe became easily influenced by Drew
- theme: gore; ex. Chloe's head exploding, brains missing, Black Tom slicing the police officers throats
- theme: pop culture/ true events

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Characters- One common trope for characters in the book was a cop/investigator looking into these mysterious cases. Malone covered Tommy and Suydam. In "Agents of Dreamland," the Signalman covers the events on the ranch and what Sexton gave him.

Theme- Mystery was the main theme of these pieces of work. In the first two books, the characters go into depth learning about Cthulhu and the Great Ones. In "Agents of Dreamland," the characters learn about the cloud and the fungus.

Setting- All three books have a darkness/mysteriousness to them. In the first book, the police go into a dark, mysterious forest/jungle with the cult. In the second book, there is the last part in the dark basement with the ominous. The cities/locations have some dystopian attributions with them.

Narration- All three have Lovecraftian language, with the last two having much more modern language.

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One of the main ideas across all of the stories is the theme of science fact and grotesque horror.
Other themes:
- No happy endings
- Cults
- ancient readings (yellow book and black book) ( secret powerful item)

recurring characters:
- The one who gets them into the cult (Drew, Sudam, and Professor Angell)

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Some gore, that's for sure

Travel--Time (Black Tom and Immacolata) and Space

Sight/Visions: the artist in Lovecraft, Tom, and Chloe at the end

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In all three stories, Lovecraft employs an unsettling and ominous tone to create a sense of dread and horror. The endings of each story leave the reader with a feeling of unease and uncertainty, suggesting that the forces of darkness are still at work and that humanity is ultimately powerless to resist them. In this way, the ending of "The Ballad of Black Tom" differs from the endings of Lovecraft's stories in that it provides a resolution that is not wholly bleak. The story acknowledges the injustices of racism and poverty in early 20th-century America, but it also offers a message of resistance and empowerment.

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In Call of Cthulhu and Red Hook, they both seemed to end right where they started. In Black Tom, there was a more concrete ending, the apocalypse is coming and we ended on a completely different note than where we started. Black Tom feels a bit a guilt and feels apologetic after the murders. In the other two stories, the main characters are either dead or just disappear and we don't know their feelings as much.

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In Call of Cthulhu and Red Hook, they both seemed to end right where they started. In Black Tom, there was a more concrete ending, the apocalypse is coming and we ended on a completely different note than where we started. Black Tom feels a bit a guilt and feels apologetic after the murders. In the other two stories, the main characters are either dead or just disappear and we don't know their feelings as much.

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The main character in Black Tom knew more/had more of a role in the story or myths whereas, in the call of Cthulhu, they are on the search for answers. Black Tom as the main character experiences guilt and connections towards the other characters. Levalle you got to know the characters better than the other stories

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Malone, the detective​

Suydam​, the rich eccentric interested in the occult

Lavalle gives Suydam some of Lovecraft’s narration of NYC​

Calling forth a monster​

People promised “unheard of powers” by “some god” (section IV)​

Malone sucked through the door leading to the basement below

Occult​

Main characters driven to know the secrets of this world​

Space doesn't work as we expect​

Confrontations with the abyss/another world/the vastness of space and time

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It seems like the people that worship Cthuhlu  are a more dark and mysterious and not many other people know about what they are doing.

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Stuff
Papers
Monsters
Death

Plot
The dreams
Mental illness and voices leading to the creation.
Mysterious papers passed down from a loved one

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It seems these characters are going to find the monster or find things that the monster owns

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The narrator suggests that cthulu is not the only one

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Stuff from Cthulu:
-All of these allusions to a "Cyclopean" society.
-Wilcox, along with many others, have these dreams.
-Maybe, these people with the dreams have some sort of power/knowledge about this society and monster.
-The uncle put a lot of effort into hiding these documents. He seemingly didn't want others to know about it.

Plot:
-An earthquake
-A mysterious dream
-Ancient societies

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symbols or some sort of unknown language to figure out

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Mysterious main document with hieroglyphics and titled "Cthulu Cult"

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Mysterious main document with hieroglyphics and titled "Cthulu Cult"

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Stuff
- the mention of mental illness and mania
- monsters
- green ooze

Plot
- the starting event (earthquake)
- decoding writing
- dystopian cities

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unnatural dreams with no explanations

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Leaves a lot of questions for the reader to keep them engaged and interested.

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Suggests that Cthulu is a priest for a higher power

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Family member uncovering deep, dark secrets 

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Family member uncovering deep, dark secrets 

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mysterious death of uncle with no other family members

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Eerie, seems like this would take place in a dimly lit room or a stormy night 

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Eerie, seems like this would take place in a dimly lit room or a stormy night 

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The narrator keeps referring to "The Thing" throughout the story.