The+Interlopers

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Interlopers

Point of View: 3rd person; omniscient narrator

Protagonist(s): Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. What type of character are the Protagonist(s)? They are round, dynamic characters

Antagonists(s): each other, nature

Describe the setting: the story is set in Romania on the Carpathian Mountain Range somewhere between the late 1800's and early 1900's. It has a tense mood, as each man waits anxiously to spot his "enemy".

Type of Conflict: Man vs Man, Man vs Environment.

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Interlopers

 Point of view: 3rd person, limited omnisceint

 Protagonist:  The protagonist is Ulrich von Gradwitz

 What type of character is the Protagonist?  He is dynamic and round character.

 Antagonist:  Ulrich von Gradwitz thinks that the antagonist is Georg Znaeym, but the true threat comes from nature.

 Describe the setting  It is early winter in the eastern spurs of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. The mood is very tense because the main character is apprehensive because he is about to commit murder

 Type of Conflict:  man versus environment  man versus man

 Describe the main conflict:  The main conflict is man versus man, because the story starts with the feud between Georg and Ulrich.

 Describe the Climax of the Story: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The climax of the story occurs when Ulrich realizes that he should be friends with georg.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The protagonist changes over the story because near the end he decides to renounce his family feud against Georg.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The theme is a family feud because someone was poaching on their property so the main character is trying to end it but committing murderer, and the title is the interlopers, which suggests that someone is meddling in a different person's affairs or in this case, poaching on other people's property.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The main conflict helps illustrates the theme by showing the hate between the two men even though they do not know each other very well at all.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The climax resolves the theme because Georg and Ulrich end the feud.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes):

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Simile: "The roebuck... were running like driven things to-night..." compares male deer to things that are driven and mad.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Metaphor: "...nothing but the pestilential wind" compares the wind to a pest.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Personification: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "...the weary screeching of the wind."

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Symbol: The wolves coming to them symbolized death.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Foreshadowing (give both elements): <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "...as tough he waited for some beast if the woods..." foreshadows the wolves coming after him.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Irony: The irony is that they decided to make peace and stop the family feud, but if the wolves kill them then no one will know about the peace and their families will continue fighting.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Imagery: "...the mass of wood that held them down..."

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The relationship between the class theme of power and the story is that <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> petty arguments turn into big things when it is about an item of power or <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> between to people with great amounts of power.

Questions

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

2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question? Ulrich came to own the property in question after a legal lawsuit a couple of generations back took the land from Georg's family and gave it to Ulrich's family.

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 feuding for many generations over who owns a particular piece of land. Both men have never met, and all they know about one another is passed down from their families.

4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph. The foreshadowing in the second para graph is when Ulrich notices the roebuck are restless. He suspects it is Georg or his men hunting in the woods, but it actually foreshadows when Ulrich hears wolves nearby when both men are trapped under a tree.

5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other? They did not try to shoot each other on first sight despite the (misconceived) rage the felt towards each other because both were brought up with the concept that one should never kill another human in cold blood. this, and the fact that each man was apprehensive about what the other would do left them hesitant.

6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed? Ulrich's feet are saved from being crushed by his stiff, heavy shooting boots.

7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree? the lies each man tells to one another initially after being trapped under a tree are that their men will find them first, save him and kill the other man.

8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg? Ulrich changes his mind about killing Greg because he pities his enemy and wants to have the honour of ending his family feud.

9. What significance is there in the title of this story? What are some possible meanings of the title? The significance of the title is that it represents the theme of the story. Both men see the other as interlopers or trespassers on //their// land; and Georg clearly states that he wants a clear conflict between Ulrich and himself, without any interlopers.

10. In the end of the story why do each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him? Near the end of the story, each of the men hope that their foresters will come to rescue them first so that they can have the honour of graciously helping up their former enemy and ending the feud.

11. Describe the irony in this story. The irony in this story is that even though the men have decided to end the family feud, it is in vain because they are eventually //hunted// down by wolves. There is also irony when both men hesitate to shoot one another, since nature decides to settle the dispute for them, and neither is victorious.

12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters? The metaphor I find in a tree pinning down the two characters is that it has ended their disputes and they're now together in the struggle to survive , where both find their enemy is not such a bad person after all. 13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not? The ending of the story is effective because it gets you thinking about the feud. What was the point of even having one? Why didn't both characters try to abolish it earlier? It also has the reader wondering what happens to the characters after the story ends. Do they successfully spread the word about ending the fed or die and leave it unresolved?

Completion5 /5 Effort 4/5 Content 4/5

total 13/15

Questions Completion Mark 5/5

total 18/20