The+Interlopers

The Interlopers

1 Ulrich is hunting for his enemy, Georg Znaeym.

2 Ulrich came to own the property by a famous lawsuit in his grandfather's time, had wrested it from the illegal possession of the neighboring landowners, the Znaeyms.

3 Ulrich and Znaeym hate each other because of the Gradwitz family taking the property from the Znaeyms, and the Znaeyms continued to poach on the land. For three generations they have feuded, and Georg and Ulrich have hated each other since they were kids.

4 Foreshadowing in the second paragraph: "Assuredly there was a disturbing element in the forest, and Ulrich could guess the quarter from whence it came."

5 The men didn't shoot each other when they saw each other because "But a man who has been brought up under the code of a restraining civilization cannot easily nerve himself to shoot down his neighbor in cold blood and without word spoken, except for an offence against his hearth and honor." They couldn't just shoot the other in cold blood, not even being provoked.

6 Ulrich's heavy shooting boots saving his feet from being crushed.

7 They lie to each other that their men will come and take them but leave the other to die or kill them. Both of them knew that the first party to come would free their man and kill the other, only they didn't know which would come first.

8 Ulrich decided not to kill Georg because of pity, for he was wounded and pained, and he decided not to cause him more pain and discomfort and become friends.

9 "The Interlopers" signifies intruders; they have been fighting over land all their lives, even for generations.

10 Each man hopes his men will come first to save him, because they will kill the other man.

11 The irony in this story is that they become friends, leave their past behind, are ready to go home and be friends and happy neighbors, then they meet a pack a wolves.

12 The tree is a metaphor for a difficult situation, or challenge, which ends up making them equal, not always physical, sometimes emotional or mental, finding themselves in a similar difficult situation they make up and become friends.

13 The end of the story is an effective cliffhanger, leaving us wondering what happens next...

Literary Devices:

The Interlopers

Point of view:

Protagonist: Ulrich/Georg they are round characters, and changing ones(non static?)

Antagonist: Georg/Environment/Ulrich

Setting: forest, winter, tense mood

Type of Conflict: man vs man and man vs environment Ulrich and Georg may have conflicts, but also they get stuck under a tree and meet wolves (nature)

Main Conflict: Georg and Ulrich get trapped underneath a birch tree.

Climax: When they meet the wolves.

The protagonist (Ulrich) changes over the story by putting aside his fighting with Georg and they become friends.

Title and theme relationship: The theme of this story is redemption, and the title of "The Interlopers" people stealing or taking from others, connects that they feel bad and return the things, or try to redeem themselves in some way.

The main conflict helped illustrate the theme of power because of the physical power over both of the men, making them unable to move and right next to each other.

Simile: "...the idiotic chattering laugh of a man unstrung with hideous fear." Metaphor:

Personification: "...the weary screeching of the wind" "...the wind tearing in fitful gusts.."

Symbol: The wineflask was a symbol of an offering of peace. Foreshadowing (give both elements): Irony: They get out of a difficult situation and become friends then meet a pack of wolves. Imagery: "In the cold and gloomy forest..." Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. The main conflict helped illustrate the theme of power because of the physical power over both of the men, making them unable to move and right next to each other, forcing them into the same situation of being helpless, then becoming friends, making them equal, not one stealing from another.  Completion 3.5/5 Effort 4/5 Content 4/5

total 11.5 /15

Questions Completion Mark 4/5

total 15.5/20