The+Interlopers

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

2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question? His grandfather, who was a famous lawsuit, had wrested it from the illegal possession of their neighbours, who were petty landowners.

3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? How did it all start? Ulrich and Georg hate each other because Georg keeps poaching animals off of Ulrich's property. It all started when Ulrich's grandfather took the property from Georg's family, and so they have hated each other for 3 generations now.

4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph. There is foreshadowing when the narrator says that Ulrich is looking for George. It is foreshadowing that Ulrich will find George, and then they will start the conflict.

5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other? They didn't shoot each other the moment they saw each other because if they did, nothing would come to them except for an offense against his own hearth and honour.

6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed? Ulrich's thick shooting-boots saved his feet from being crushed under the weight of the beech tree.

7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree? They each said that their own members of their hunting party are there, and are going to find them first, but neither of them knows if the other is telling the truth or not.

8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg? Ulrich changes his mind about killing George because he decided that they were being idiots, quarrelling like devils over a small strip of forest, where the trees can't even stay upright when there's wind.

9. What significance is there in the title of this story? What are some possible meanings of the title? The significance is that in the middle of the of the conflict, something or someone will interfere with the two men. The title might be saying that although the 2 men hate each other, something will cut them off and somebody will change.

10. In the end of the story why do each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him? In the end of the story, each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him because they want to prove to the other man that they are at a truce, so that if their own men come, they will make them rescue the other man first.

11. Describe the irony in this story. It is ironic how the two men met each other, thirsting for the other's blood, but ended up as friends.

12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters? The title, The Interlopers, could be a metaphor for the tree pinning down the two people, because the tree interferes with the two men's conflict against each other.

13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not? I think the ending of this story is effective, because it shows that with the two men hating each other for so long, they have finally become friends, but the time is short, so they should regret all the time they spent hating each other.

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: __The Interlopers__

Point of View: Third person

Protagonist: Ulrich von Gradwitz What type of character is the Protagonist? Dynamic and Round

Antagonist: Georg Znaeym

Describe the setting In a forest on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians somewhere around the 1700’s, and the mood of the story is tense, fearful, and a little bit eerie.

Type of Conflict: There are two types, which are Man vs. man, and Man vs. Himself.

Describe the main conflict:

The main conflict is Man vs. Himself, because in the end, the two men have a battle within themselves, trying to decide whether or not to become friends with the other man.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when the two men decide to become friends.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?

The protagonist changes over the course of the story by starting off hating Georg, but then after being stuck under a tree with him, decides that fighting over forest is pointless, so he decides to make Georg his friend, making him change from a hateful person to a friendly person.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.

The relationship between the title and the theme is that sometimes, it takes a giant event that interferes with your argument to help you realize what mistakes you have made in your life.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?

It helps illustrate the theme because the two men keep hating each other, but then the tree falls and interferes, and then the men realize that they have wasted all the time of their life arguing and hating each other.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?

The climax illustrates the theme because when the two men become friends, the tree had helped them realize their mistakes.

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

Simile: "...As though he waited for some beast of the woods to come...."

Metaphor:

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Personification: "...the wind tearing in fitful gusts...."

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Symbol: The wolves were a symbol of death, because the wolves are predators, and since both men are stuck under the great beech tree, they are easy prey for the wolves.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Foreshadowing (give both elements): <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">There is foreshadowing when the narrator says that Ulrich is looking <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> for George. It is foreshadowing that Ulrich will find George, and then <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> they will start the conflict.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Irony: <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">It is ironic how the two men met each other, thirsting for the other's <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"> blood, but ended up as friends.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Imagery: "In the cold, gloomy forest, with the wind tearing in fitful gusts through the naked branches and whistling round the tree trunks..."

<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px;">Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The relationship between the power and the story is that although <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> man can train many years and be strong, nature is still more powerful <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> than man, and can easily turn the tide of battle by interrupting the <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> people. Also, in the story it hints that Ulrich von Gradwitz has more <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> power in their current setting, because they're on his land, in his forest, but <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> then all his power is dissipated by the beech tree falling, which equals <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> out the 2 men's power, because they are just as helpless as the other.

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