Interlopers

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Interlopers

Point of View: Omniscent

Protagonist: Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym What type of character is the Protagonist?: Both of the protagonists are fully developed round characters, although they do both change. Antagonist: Environment

Describe the setting: The setting is a forest land owned by Ulrich and contested by Georg. The forest is a narrow strip of from what the story tells precipitous woodland. Although this forest was a bleak one, that was not well known for its wild game hunting nor vast landscape, it was vigourosly guarded by Ulrich, the lands owner. This forest land was disputed by Ulrichs most hated enemy Georg. Even though the story does not preclude to much of what the forest is like from what i have gathered i known the forest has many massive beech tree and also is unrelentlesly inhabited by gusty winds.

Type of Conflict: Man vs. Environment

Describe the main conflict: It all begins many years past with Ulrich and Georg's great grandfathers who had a lawsuit for a strip of land bordering each others properties. Georg's family lost and because of this was very bitter and hated Ulrich's family, the Gradwitz's. This grudge was passed on through the generations to Ulrich and Georg and so one night Georg decided to hunt for game on Ulrich's property and subsequently Ulrich was on patrol of his land that same night. Both Ulrich and Georg by chance met each other in the forest and through pride could not bring themesleves to kill each other in cold blood. But in a twist of events a gust of wind blows a titanic beech tree down trapping both Ulrich and Georg under it with little to no chance of escape. So both of the main characters ended up fighting for their survival in the harsh and unrelenting conditions.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is also the end of the story in a cliffhanger type ending. At this point in the story both characters are still fighting hard for their survival ad wishing and praying that either of their men would come to save them. When they see silouttes on the horizon of that dark, lonesome forest and their amidiate thought was that they were both saved but with a tragic ad yet all the same exhilurating twist the figures turn out to be a hungry ravished pack of wolves. And the characters although their fate was not yet decided had likely came to an end and thats how the story ends.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?: In the beginning of the story both of the protagonists hate each other in the bitterest of ways. They wished for each others blood but in the circumstances they are faced with they both take a liking to each other and become friends. Not only does that change but the mind set at which the characters are living with also changes and they both realize the bet thing is for their to be peace with each other. So in my mind they gain a friend and also have a better attitude towards life and how they treat each other. In my opinion a believe that the protagonist's have an opifany or a reali ziation of what is truely best for themeselves and their forest ands.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme: The title of the story is the interloper and an interloper means someone that interfers with another persons business or going ons, and in the story that is exactly what happened. The main vents in the story involve Georg trespassing on Ulrich's property and that is essentially the definition of an interloper someone who interfers with another buissnes. Being that the title, in essence describes the main events of the story i would say that is a clear link between the theme and the title of the story.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?: I think the main conflict definately illustrates the theme of the story because the main conflict is the two characters struggling against the elements and to survive while trapped under the tree. The theme of the story is not to interfere with one another's buisness and also not to hate one another over something so small and unimportant. And so in the main conflict of the story it teaches both of the main characters to like each other and resolve their diffrences and i my eyes it is karma that they were to both have such unfortunate ends because they did hate each other and infact interefered with each others buisness al to much. And so through the main conflict was one of the ways i figured out what the theme of the story. Both the protagonist and the antagonist are caught under the large fallen tree because they were trying to due harm to each other. Both the men are interlopers and the author provides a kind of situational irony because if the characters had settled their feud before hand instead of when they were trapped under the fallen tree they would have survived.

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

Simile: "We have quarreled like devils all our lives" I think this is a good simile becuase it is the first step in Ulrich recognizing his faults and starting to reconcile with Georg.

Metaphor: "I'm caught under my own forest land" I like this as a metaphor because Ulrich swears that his men will come first because it is his own land when the actualy reality is no ones men comes and both men are doomed ot the same dreadful fate.

Personification: "...and this wind scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters to watch the dark forest." I beleive this is a good example of personification because the author describes the wind with a human attribute, he says that the wind has torn through the forest as if it had a sickness or if the wind was an apedemic.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Symbol: I beleive in the story the wine flask is a symbol of Ulrich and Georg's new found friend and also represents the steps toward reconciliation that both of them take.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): Earlier in the story it states that if Ulrich was to have one wish it would be that he could face his enemy and that makes me think that, that could be what ends up happening because it would be an exiting twist and make a good story. Thats why I thought that this wasan excellent foreshadowing.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Irony: The irony in the story is that both of the enemies end up being trapped under the tree together after first setting out to kill each other and in the end become freinds.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Imagery: "... wandered down the steep slopes amid the wild tangle and undergrowth." I think this is a very good example of Imagery because it paints a picture in my mind of what it would have looked like going down those same slopes myself and also the quote is very vivid and descriptive.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story: The class theme is about choices and this story very much conveys diffrent choices by Ulrich and Georg. The connection between the class theme and the story is in that Ulrich and Georg's descision's lead them to become friend and workout their overall diffrences. Such as in the beggining if Georg had chose to not poach on Ulrich's land the two sworn enemy's would never have become friends. But also if they had worked out their diffrences sooner they could have worked together and possibly saved themeselsves so their choice to be stubborn in the ned may have doomed them. Completion 5/5 Effort 5/5 Content 5/5 Total 15/15

1. What is Ulrich hunting for?: Ulrich was not hunting for game as any person would normally suspect but instead he was hunting for a human enemy. Ulrich was not looking for just any human prey but in specific his most hated longtime rivalry with Georg Znaeym. 2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question?: Ulrich owned the property because his grandfather was involved in a lawsuit regarding this land and Ulrich's grandfather won. Later on Ulrich's grandfather would pass the land onto his son and then when he did onto his son and thats how Ulrich came to be in posession of the land. Through the inheritance of his grandfather. 3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? How did it all start?: Ulrich and Georg detest each other due to a lawsuit which took place many years ago over a strip of land between the to enemy's grandfathers. The quarrel continued through the generations to Ulrich and Georg and over the time passed the feud only grew stronger with scandals such as game snatchers and raiders only making the dispute more intense. 4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph: "As boys they had thirsted for one another's blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other." This is foreshadowing because it says that bot men wish each other to be dead or to have misfortune fall upon them. They both have a tree all on them which is very misfortunate so the story hints that misfortune will fall upon them and it does. Also it says they wished for each others blood and in the end the likely hood is that they both die so again that could be foreshadowing. 5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other?: They do not try to shoot each other because both had been taught to uphold "restraining civilization" and shoot down his neighbor in cold blood. In other words the two men were civilized and could not bring themsleves to commit a murder, especially to one against there neighbor. Another factor in it is the strain against the mens honor if they were to kill each other. 6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed?: Ulrich's feet were saved by his heavy shooting boots. 7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree?: They both lie about when each others men will come to save them. Neither of there men were coming even close to the time in which they had originally said. One of the men said i would only be ten minutes but he was lying, they both were because neither of there men came in time to save them. 8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg?: I think Ulrich changes his mind partly out of fear that Georg's men could come first but mostly out of pity for the dying man who was clearly in an exasperating amount of pain. He also changes his mind because he realizes it is for the greater good if the forest is no longer fought over and that the forest is scarcely worth anything of value because of its poor condition. 9. What significance is there in the title of this story? What are some possible meanings of the title?: An interloper is someone that interferes with another persons activity's for a selfish reason and essential that is what the whole story is about. Georg interferes with Ulrich's buisness because he is selfish and want the land for himself. The title "The Interlopers" for me describes what Georg and Ulrich are because they both like to interfere with each other buisness. So i think the meaning of the title could be a description of the two main characters.

10. In the end of the story why do each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him?: They both wished their men to arrive first because they wanted to show that they were honorable and great men in showing attention to their once enemy but now a friend's, wounds and ailments. 11. Describe the irony in this story:The irony in the story is that both the main characters wanted each other dead in the beggining, but after several predicaments and challenges they ended up wanting to be freinds and in fact did not want each other dead at all. But in a twist of the story, although it is not for certain, both of them likely die an unfortunate death to a pack of hungry wolves. 12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters?: "Keep your friends close and your enemy's closer" 13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not?: In my opinion I think the end of the story is very ineffective because it did not provide closure or any actually ending or result in what happened to the characters. The ending is vague and does not make sense to what events took place after the wolves arrived. The ending leaves a question mark to whether or not the two characters survived and too me the story was unfinished and needs to have a lot more closure. Completion mark 5/5

total 20/20