The+Interlopers

Questions. **1. What is Ulrich hunting for?** He is hunting for his neighbor George Znaeym. He is also looking for poachers. **2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question?** " A famous law suit, in the days of his grandfather, had wrested it from the illegal possession of a neighbouring family of petty landowners; the dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the Courts, and a long series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embittered the relationships between the families for three generations." **3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? How did it all start?** They hate each other so much because of a dispute over the land. This dispute started when their Gradwitz’s Grandfather had illegally taken the land. There was a lawsuit and Ulrich’s family had won. **4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph.** The author tells us that the conflict of their grandfathers would come back in this story by saying “The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill will of the two men had not stood in the way.” **5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other?** At first they hesitated because, as the author states, someone who is brought in restraining modern civilization cannot easily kill someone no matter how much they hate them. Also they did not have much time because of the tree falling. **6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed?** It was his tough hunting boots that saved his feet from being crushed. **7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree?** The two men could be lying about how many men they had in the forest or that they had any men at all. **8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg?** He realizes that if Georg’s men come first he would not want them to kill him. He also realizes that Georg is not so different from him and the dispute was neither of their faults. **9. What significance is there in the title of this story?** What are some possible meanings of the title? The significance is that the story is about interlopers and the title is” The Interlopers”. ??? **10. In the end of the story why does each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him?** So that they can be the first to show their friendship and loyalty. **11. Describe the irony in this story.** It is ironic that as soon as the fight is over and they are friends, they get killed by wolves. **12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters?** The metaphor that I think best suits this situation is "hit two birds with one stone." **13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not?** I thought that the ending was effective in that there was a slight chance that the wolves would not kill them or there men would save them, but it was improbable.

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Interlopers **Point of View:** 3rd person. Omniscient **Protagonist:** Ulrich von Gradwitz **What type of character is the Protagonist?** The protagonist is a dynamic and round character. Antagonist: Georg Znaeym / environment. **Describe the setting**: The book takes place in a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians. The mood is very gloomy and dark there is also hatred and vengeance. Close to the end of the story however, the mood signifies change and resolution. Given some of the language I think it probably took place some time in the past. The author uses words like "ere and sought..." The two men also talk about riding into town witch would imply that they are in the past and use horses. **Type of Conflict:** This story has two types of conflict, man vs. man and man vs. nature. **Describe the main conflict:** There are two big conflicts in the story one of which is the two men are fighting for the land and are very opposed to each other. The second one is the tree falling on the two men, trapping them beneath. This is the main one. **Describe the Climax of the Story:** The climax is when the beech tree falls on the two men. After that point, everything is conclusion and the men settle their dispute. **How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?** Ulrich changes dramatically over the course of the story. At the beginning he is a bitter man who would be happy to see his neighbor dead. But by the end he can call him a friend and the two can settle the dispute. When he finally saw his neighbor on a personal basis he saw that they were actually quite similar and that the dispute was neither of their fault. **Describe the relationship between the title and the theme:** The title interloper means any unauthorized trader. That relates to the theme because the theme is about two families who fight for hunting land. Each one thinks the other is an interloper. **How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?** The theme in this story is forgiveness. The main conflict demonstrates this theme because they forgive each other and this would not have happed without the conflict. **How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?** The climax is the same thing as the main conflict in this story. It demonstrates the theme forgiveness, because it forces the characters to forgive each other.

Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): **Simile:** "We have quarrelled like devils all our lives..." This quote compares the quarrelling of the men to that of devils. **Metaphor:** **Personification:** Peering through the tree trunks and listening through the whistling and skirling of the wind and the restless beating of the branches for sight and sound of the marauders. This is personification because the branches are not acctualy restless, but are beating quickly. **Symbol:** **Foreshadowing (give both elements):** “The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill will of the two men had not stood in the way.” This tells us that the characters will end up fighting, or the story will revolve around this idea. In the end the story is about this idea and the characters do fight about the dispute. **Irony:** It is ironic that as soon as they become friends, they get mauled by wolves. **Imagery:** The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent and well stocked with game; the narrow strip of precipitous woodland that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it harboured or the shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously guarded of all its owner's territorial possessions. **Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.** The relationship between the class theme and this story is very evident. Over the story the characters have to make many choices, like whether to kill each other or not or to be friends or not. The story really revolves around our theme.

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