The+Interlopers

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The interlopers Point of View: The Point of View is second person

Protagonist: Ulrich and Georg are half & half Protagonists, they both cannot exist without each other so you can technically call them co-protagonists.

What type of character is the Protagonist? They are both Round and then gradually throughout the story they change making them also Dynamic.

Antagonist: There are two antagonists in the story, Ulrich and Georg are each others protagonists.

Describe the setting: The setting starts out in Winter, specifically at the beginning or end of winter because the presense of snow is absent in the story. Ulrich von Gradwitz's land is where the story takes place and his land is somewhere on the easter spurs of the Carpathians. It is very obvious that the story takes place in the past but not to long ago, i say this because Ulrich lives in a castle.

Type of Conflict: Man vs Man, specifically between Ulrich and Georg because the conflict is between them throughout the entire story.

Describe the main conflict: The main conflict is between Ulrich and Georg with a life long family feud over the possession of land gained by Ulrich's grandfather in a lawsuit long before their time but the battle between the two goes on and on through generation after generation because of what their ancestors did.

Describe the Climax of the Story: The climax of the story is when the two men come to an agreement and settle their feud once and for all.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?: Considering Ulrich and Georg are both the Protagonists both of their attidutes change while they are pinned under the tree and realize that they do not have a hate for the other, it is their family's feud from three generations before.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme: I personally think that the theme is hatred because of the title and what happens in the story. The title "The Interlopers helps support me because the word interloper means someone who inter veins with someone else's business and in this story's case Ulrich and Georg are interloping with their ancestors business which they should not be remotely involved in.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? The main conflict being between Ulrich and Georg and their hatred towards each other. The two have such hatred towards each other because of a famous old lawsuit were Ulrich's grandfather seized land from Georg's family which was in the possession of Georg and his family before. They two were raised to one day have the other on their knees at the mercy of the other and to just slit each others throats all because of this age old lawsuit.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? Right at the peak of the climax, The attitudes towards each other shift and their hatred melts away and they both decide to forgive each other.

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

Simile: "The robuck, ..., were running like driven things tonight, ...." (p.190, ch.2) Metaphor: "As boys they had thirsted for one another's blood, ...." (p.190, ch.2) Personification: "A famous lawsuit,...,had wrested it from the illegal possesion of a neighboring family..." (p.189, ch.2)

Foreshadowing (give both elements): "As boys they[Ulrich and Georg] had thristed for one another's blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other."(p.190,ch.2) This forshadows their strong hatred to each other will cause something bad that have disasterous and unpleasant concequences on either Ulrich or Georg.

Irony: The ending i quite ironic because the reader kind of expects almost a comedic ending, not a tragic one. Fro example Georg and Ulrich meet face to face they decide to hold on pulling the trigger and blowing each others heads off and instead hesitate to fulfill their life long dream and kill the other but they decide not to. The irony is that they finally decided that the feud should come to an end, but nobody knows that they have stopped it because they could not tell this to anyone except to themselves. Therefore, the feud would not cease and would keep going even though they have stopped it. Another irony is: "...said Ulrich with a laugh, the idiotic chattering laugh of a man unstrung with hideous fear"(p.194)

Imagery: "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: The class theme is not strongly connected to the story but the story happens to be full of choices. For example, when Ulrich and Georg meet face to face for the first time, they have a choice of either to maddly shoot at each other, hoping to kill the other or to skip the chance of killing the enemy. Even though they had longed to have the chance to kill the enemy, once they instantly had the chance, they could not do it, for achieving something is not as easy as having a hope.

1. What is Ulrich hunting for? Thieves, specifically Georg Znaeym prowling on his land.

2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question? Ulrich came to owning the property by becoming the head of his family and thus becoming the landowner.

3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? How did it all start? They hate each other so much due to a family feud thats been going on for three generations. It all started back when Ulrich's grandfather won a lawsuit to the ownership of that land and the hate has lasted all these years.

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 both men pray for the pain and suffering of one another and then they both end up having a tree fall on both of them. The foreshadowing hints that some misfortune will fall upon one or both of them and it does.

5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other? They hesitated to shoot each other because they were both raised in a code of honor and restraining civilization and to shoot down that neighbor in cold blood would violate both of these codes.

6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed? His big heavy shooting boots saved Ulrich's feet from being crushed.

7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree? They say to each other that their men are closely following behind them and that their men will follow in 10 minutes if he does not return which the both know are lies to try to deceive the other.

8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg? I think Ulrich changes his mind partly because of fear that Georg's men will arrive to save Georg and leave him to die or let Georg kill him. This is why he tries to create a friendship so he can possibly escape his death.

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 the interloper is that the word interloper is someone who interferes with someone else for selfish reasons and thats exactly what Georg and Ulrich do in the story, they interlope with each others business.

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 show up first because they wanted to show the other that they are the better man and help out the other with all their wounds and injuries.

11. Describe the irony in this story. The irony in the story is they resolved their year long feud after being pinned down by a tree and talking it out and in the end they both get killed by wolves and the feud continues on.

12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters? The metaphor for what the tree is doing to the two men is like it's a therapist for them and it makes them talk about their troubles.

13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not? No this story does not have an effective ending because it does not provide the reader with closure because it doesn't tell you if the feud continues or not.

Completion 5/5 Effort: 4/5 Content:4.5/5 total:13.5/15

Questions Completion Mark 4/5

total17.5/20

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