The+Interlopers

The Interlopers

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Interlopers Point of View: Third Person- omniscient. Protagonist: Georg Znaeym and Ulrich von Gradwitz. What type of character is the Protagonist? Round and dynamic. Antagonist: The other person, hatred, his self and the wolves Describe the setting. In the forest in the Carpathian Mountains. It was winter in Romania, in approximately 1710. It was a "...wind-scourged winter night...", but little snow had fallen. The feeling of the story was vengeful. Type of Conflict: Man vrs Circumstance. Describe the main conflict: Two hunters, Georg Znaeym and Ulrich von Gradwitz, and their families have fought over a piece of land for three generations. Eventually they find each other and hold each other at gunpoint. Then a tree falls on them and traps them together. Both hunters have to overcome their hatred for each other and find a compromise. the conflict is their hatred for one another.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when, after becoming friends, the hunters shout to attempt to contact their groups. Ulrich sees the figures coming towards them and thinks they are saved, but he is wrong. The figures are wolves.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? In the beginning, the hunters were hated by each other. They always thought the opposite person was up to no good. This changed when both hunters were caught in the same predicament. They finally saw eye to eye. They made up and ended a very long quarrel.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme: The Title of this story as "The Interlopers". This relates with the fact that neither hunter wants the other to exist and meddle in one another's matters. An interloper is an unwanted person that gets involved in a situation where they are not needed. Each man thinks the other is not needed and does not want them involved. They even hate each others families.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict helps illustrate the theme because the theme is revenge and the main conflict is when both the hunters hold each other at gunpoint. They hate each other so much that they want to kill their opposer. The first thought that crosses their minds is revenge. Because they stand there despising each other for so long a tree falls, trapping them. This means that revenge is unhealthy.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax helps to illustrate the theme because when the hunters call for help, they have finally decided to work together and stop fighting. This represents that the revenge is no more and both men are happy about it. Without revenge you can be happy, forgiveness is they key. The reason they were trapped under the tree was revenge, it did bad things for them.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): Simile: Paragraph 19. "We have quarreled like devils..."

Metaphor: Paragraph 5. "Relief at being alive and exasperation at his captive plight brought a strange medley of pious thank-offerings and sharp curses to Ulrich's lips."

Personification: Pg. 193, paragraph 4. "...the tearing in fitful gusts through the naked branches and whistling round the tree trunks..." Symbol: Pg. 194, paragraph 6. The figures represent safety and home. To the hunters they are a sign of a struggle coming to an end. Too bad the hunters were wrong.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): Pg. 189 "...waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision..." In the end they encountered wolves when they were trapped under the tree. Irony: Situational Irony, Pg. 194, paragraph 12-15. "Who are they" ... "Wolves." This is ironic because the reader and all the characters are expecting a rescue and their "rescuers" were hungry wolves. Imagery: Pg. I90, paragraph 3. "...a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down..." "...in a tight tangle of forked branches..." Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. In the story, both the hunters (Georg and Ulrich) are trapped under a branch. After choosing to finish their quarrel and become friends, the hunters made the fatal decision to yell for help which lured wolves to their position. The class theme is choices, and after a bad one the hunters were killed (eaten).

1. What is Ulrich hunting for? Ulrich was hunting for Georg. 2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question? He obtained it from a lawsuit in the time of his grandfather. He took it from the illegal possession of Georg's family. 3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? How did it all start? After Grandfather von Gradwitz took the land from Grandfather Znaeym a "...series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embittered the relationships between the families for three generations." This started the fued. 4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph. In the second paragraph it says: "...each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other." This is foreshadowing because later misfortune finds both of them in the form of a tree that traps them together. 5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other? They had been brought up with a code of a restraining civilization so they could not easily shoot down his neighbour in cold blood without a word spoken. 6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed? His heavy shooting boots. . 7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree? Both hunters lied and said that their men were right behind them. "...each knew that it might be long before his men would seek him out or find him; it was a bare matter of chance which party would arrive first on the scene." 8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg? After drinking from his flask, Ulrich looks over at Georg and pities him. When George doesn't except the flask from Ulrich, Ulrich stops talking and slowly feels his hatred dissolving. Finally Ulrich says that if his men come first he will free Georg. Georg then realizes that this hatred is pointless and they become friends. 9. What significance is there in the title of this story? What are some possible meanings of the title? The title of the story is significant because each man thinks the other is an interloper, because they think they rightfully own the land. That the other has no right to be there, and that they are unwanted. It could also mean that the interlopers are the wolves. 10. In the end of the story why do each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him? They wish that their men be the first to rescue them because they wanted to be the first to show an "...honourable attention to the enemy that had become a friend." 11. Describe the irony in this story. This story was ironic because at the end when rescue was expected, the author used situational irony and wolves came instead. This is an unexpected twist of events. 12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters? The falling tree was a phisical metaphor for the hatred that was holding them down and not allowing them to move. The tree fell on top of them and held them like their hatred was already holding them. 13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not? I do not think the ending of this story was effective because it almost seemes like death is the consequence for forgiveness. It is a weak way to express the good of ending a fight.

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