The+Interlopers

The Interlopers

Point of View: 3rd person (limited)

Protagonist: Ulrich von Gradwitz

What type of character is the Protagonist? Dynamic

Antagonist: Georg Znaeym

Describe the Setting: place: A forest somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians Time: 1800 to early 1900 atmosphere: Tense

Type of Conflict: Man V.S. Man

Describe the main conflict: Ulrich and Georg are trying to kill each other because of a family feud.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax is at the end when they see the wolves coming toward them.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He becomes friends with Georg and realizes that their feud has been foolish.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme:. In the story, Georg is not wanted on Urlich's land (he is an interloper) so it has everything to do with the story. Also it ties in with the theme, which I think is forgiveness, because Urlich chose to forgive Georg and end the family feud. Also at the end after the two men have said so many times that there will be no interlopers the wolves interlope.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict is the feud that the two men had, and how Urlich had to forgive Georg for his trespassing, and Georg had to forgive Urlich for whatever bad things his family had ever done to theirs.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? It illustrates it well but in a very ironic way, just as they become friends and forgiven each other and solve the long foolish feud they are killed and because of this the family's will probably blame each other and instead of going away the feud will become more heated.

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

Simile: "...were running like driven things tonight..."

Metaphor:

Personification: "...with the wind tearing in fitful gusts through the naked branches and whistling round the tree trunks..."

Symbolism: The fallen tree was a symbol. It's like trowing to people who hate each other into an empty room together (assuming they can't touch each other) eventually they either realize their fighting is useless or forget what they were fighting about and learn to at least live with each others existence if not becoming friends

Foreshadowing (both elements): They repeatedly say there will be no interlopers and I think this tells you that there probably will be and at the end there is (the wolves)

Irony: It was ironic that the wolves come to kill them at the end, after they forgave each other, and now no one will know and their families will continue to hate each other and probably more so than before.

Imagery: "He strayed away by himself from the watchers whom he had placed in ambush on the crest of the hill, and wandered far down the steep slopes amid the wild tangle of undergrowth, peering through the tree-trunk and listening through the whistling and skirling of the wind and the restless beating of the branches for sight or sound of the marauders."

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

1. What is Ulrich hunting for? Ulrich was hunting for his enemy, Georg Znaeym.

2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question? There was a famous lawsuit that enabled the land to be taken away from his neighbours and given to his family.

3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? How did it all start? The land was taken away from Georg's family and was given to Ulrich's family three generations ago. Georg's family never forgave them for 'stealing' their land.

4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph. ?

5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other? Because their upbringing prompted a moment of hesitation as most civilized people do not enjoy shooting someone.

6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed? The heavy shooting-boots.

7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree? They told each other that their respective men had orders to follow them in a couple of minutes and would be there first.

8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg? He realizes that their feud has been foolish and even if one of them ever "wins" all they'll achieve is a useless track of land.

9. What significance is there in the title of this story? What are some possible meanings of the title? An interloper is someone who intrudes into someone else's land. Georg was trespassing on Ulrich's territory, but he must have thought that Urlich was the trespasser because originally the property belonged to Georg's family.

10. In the end of the story why do each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him? they wanted their men to come first to "....be the first to show horourable attention to the enemy that had become a friend."

11. Describe the irony in this story. It is ironic because they finally end their feud and them before they can let any one know their now friends they die.

12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters? the tree forced them to calm down and think about their situation and why they were fighting like I said earlier it's like throwing them into an empty room together.

13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not? The ending is quite effective, but also kind of pointless. If they had not made up, the men might have died happy knowing that the other was in pain. There is also a subtle message that if they had come to their senses and made up sooner, they would not have died at all.