The+Interlopers

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.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. What is Ulrich hunting for? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ulrich is hunting for Georg Znaeym

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> the von Gradwitz family came to own the property because of a lawsuit, and Ulrich inherited it.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Georg hates Ulrich because he thinks that the land is still his so he is sitll hunting on it which angers ulrich

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How did it all start? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The feud started when ulrich's grandfather got the property in a lawsuit.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"The feud might have died..." suggests that the feud will die.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> They hesitated to shoot each other because they were brought up in a civil way and it is hard to kill another human being.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ulrich's shooting boots save his feet from being crushed.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They tell each other that their men are right behind them, but i think that they are trying to reassure themselves.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Ulrich pities Georg and is put in the same bad situation.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9. What significance is there in the title of this story? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The title relates directly to the theme and suggests that one, or both, of the characters are interlopers

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> What are some possible meanings of the title? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A possible meaning of the tile is that someone is a thief or a meddler in others affairs.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10. In the end of the story why do each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They hope that their men will come first because they are friends and want to start their friendship on a high note.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">11. Describe the irony in this story. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 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;">12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Natures own violence overwhelmed them both

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">13. Do you tink that the ending of the story is effective? Why or why not? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I don't think that the ending is very effective because you are unsure of whether they actually are wolves or not.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> Completion: 5/5 Effort: 4/5 Content: 4/5

total: 13/15

Questions Completion Mark 4/5

total: 17/20