Hawkline Monster 2

"The way everybody was sitting it looked as if they were at a picnic but the picnic was of course the burning of the house, the death of the Hawkline Monster and the end of a scientific dream."

I thought this quote was interesting because I felt like it foreshadowing the sad future of the characters lives after the destruction of the hawkline monster. After Cameron dives into the lake and discovers the blue diamonds I feel like everyone thinks that their lives will be much better from this point. However, we find out that mostly bad things happen to the characters, for example, Greer ends up in a penitentiary. I think this went along with the gothic theme of the story. The reader feels hope for the future and expects a happy ending but the gothic side takes over and we are left with a somewhat depressing ending.