The+Interlopers

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title The Interlopers

Point of View: Omniscient

Protagonist: Ulrich von Gradwitz

What type of character is the Protagonist? Round character

Antagonist: Georg Znaeym/ the Wolves

Describe the setting: Eastern Carpathian Mountains in a forest of mixed growth, the story is revolved around revenge, the mood is fear and anger. The story took place during the winter, around the 1900's.

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Type of Conflict: Man vs.Man in the beginning of the story, but at the end it was Man vs. Environment (the wolves.)

Describe the main conflict: Man vs. Man is the main conflict because that is what the entire story revolves around. Without the conflict they would not be in the woods struggling to live.

Describe the Climax of the Story: We think that the climax is when they decide to be friends because everything after that was falling action that lead to the conclusion. After they decided to be friends, they decided to work together and shout for help, they thought their men were coming for them but it ended up being wolves.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? The protagonist changes over the course of the story because he goes from immediately wanting to kill Georg, to becoming his friend and shouting for help with them so that they could both survive.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme: We think that the theme of this story is Intrusion and also a bit of forgiveness and revenge. The title, the Interlopers, relates to the theme because to interlope means to intrude and in the story that is what Georg did which caused the main conflict.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict is that their families were mad at each other for many generations, and now they are trying to resolve their issues by a fight in the forest. We think that the theme relates to the main conflict because our theme (intrusion) is in fact the result of their hatred towards one another.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax helps illustrate the theme because the climax is about forgiveness which was part of our theme. It also relates to intrusion because they forgive even though Georg intruded on his property.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

Simile: "The roebuck, which usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm wind, were running like driven things tonight."

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

Personification: "The wind tearing in fitful gusts."

Symbol: The wolves are a symbol of their ticket to death.

Foreshadowing (give both elements): This story had a cliff hanger ending. The story ended by both characters anxiously waiting for their men to come find them because they were stuck under a tree, but their men weren't coming it was wolves. I think that this foreshadows that the wolves are going to attack them because the story stated that when Ulrich saw the wolves he spoke in fear and I think the wolves are going to attack them.

Irony: Two rivals tried to kill each other instead of trying to properly fix things, resulting in both of their deaths.

Imagery: "There is so much blood caked in my eyes."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

1. What is Ulrich hunting for?

Ulrich was hunting for his rival Georg.

2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question?

A famous because Georg's family illegally owned the property.

3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? How did it all start?

Ulrich and Georg hate each other because their families have been enemies for three generations. It started with Ulrich and Georg's grandfather famous lawsuit involving an illegal possession of a neighbouring family of pretty landowners.

4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph.

The foreshadowing in the second paragraph is when Ulrich says he can feel movement in the forest, meaning he is near Georg.

5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other?

Georg and Ulrich did not shoot each other the moment they saw each other because it is easier said than done to kill someone. All humans has a conscience that tells them not too.

6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed?

Ulrich's boots save him from being crushed.

7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree?

They told each other that their men were coming.

8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg?

Ulrich changes his mind about killing Georg because they decided that it wasn't worth to fight about something that had happened so long ago and about a forest which isn't worth killing each other over.

9. What significance is there in the title of this story? What are some possible meanings of the title?

The significance between the title and the story is that interlopers means to intrude or meddle with something, and Ulrich first intruded on Georg's property that they were arguing over. Possible meanings of the title are that they are both interlopers and the property should belong to both of them instead of fighting over it for themselves.

10. In the end of the story why do each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him?

Both men hope that their men will come first to rescue them because they want to be freed first and to be safe.

11. Describe the irony in this story.

Two rivals tried to kill each other instead of trying to properly fix things, resulting in both of their deaths.

12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters?

"A fierce shriek of the storm had been answered by a splitting crash over their heads, are ere they could leap aside a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down on them."

13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not?

I think the ending of this story is effective because you can tell that the wolves are most likely going to finish off their lives and that their men are not coming. That was karma showing them that if you plan on killing someone, you might just get killed yourself.

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Questions Completion Mark 4/5

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