Thurston's written document is itself an archive of other writings-his late grand-uncle's papers, various transcribed oral accounts, news clippings, a diary, and so forth. WritingĪs an epistolary tale, " The Call of Cthulhu" consists of written documents left behind by Francis Wayland Thurston. At the end of the story, Thurston himself wonders whether fate has in store for him the same kind of demise that claimed Johansen's and his grand-uncle's lives. Lovecraft also weaves the theme of fate into the musings of the cultist elder Old Castro, who surmises dreamily that the "Old Ones" will rise when the stars achievement a certain alignment with human affairs. Regardless, fate itself is a major theme in the story, as Thurston's attempts to uncover the truth behind the Cthulhu rumors are also aided by strokes of pure luck and good fortune, as when he initially notices Angell's secret manuscripts, or when he spots an issue of the Sydney Bulletin on a chance visit to a local museum. To what extent Francis Wayland Thurston is ultimately fated to be the lone surviving interpreter of the Cthulhu mythos is an open question in the tale.
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