The+Interlopers

- Third Person/ Omniscient
 * Point of View:**

- Ulrich von Gradwitz
 * Protagonist:**

- Round, Dynamic
 * What type of character is the Protagonist?**

- Georg Znaeym
 * Antagonist:**

- Place: In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians - Time: Late 1500’s - early 1600’s - Mood: Suspenseful, tense, dramatic
 * Describe the setting:**

- Man vs. Man (External)
 * Type of Conflict:**

- The main conflict is between Ulrich and Georg. Their families have fought for three generations over a boundary, and the strip of forest is claimed to belong to Georg. The two men have a conflict over the strip of forest.
 * Describe the main conflict:**

- The climax of the story is at the very end, when Georg impatiently asks Ulrich who the people in the distance are. Georg thinks that it's Ulrich's family coming to save him, but it turns out to be a pack of wolves approaching them.
 * Describe the Climax of the Story:**

- Ulrich changes dramatically over the course of the story because while both of the main characters are stuck underneath the large, fallen, beech tree, Ulrich realizes he wants to become friends with Georg. He successfully solves the hatred between the two of them by asking him to be his friend. Realizing that all of the quarrels and fighting are leading to nowhere, he gains a more positive outlook on things, and becomes friends with Georg.
 * How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?**

- “Interlopers”, is a synonym for a tress passer, or intruder. This leads the reader to believe that there will be some conflict, perhaps because of boundaries. The theme of the story is about hatred, and how we choose to hate people because of experiences, and the past. The strip of forest is said to belong to Georg and his family, and he shows a strong hatred towards Ulrich, mainly because the feud between the families has been going on for so long. It is hard to determine whether Georg and Ulrich really hate each other, or if they hate each other because of the ongoing family feud of tress passing the strip of forest.
 * Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.**

- The main conflict is about the two main characters fighting over a piece of land. This dispute has been going on for over three generations. The theme is revolved around hatred. These two relate because the families evidently have a strong hatred for each other, and this hatred is due to a silly piece of land. A dispute over a strip of land is causing hatred between the two families, and the two main characters.
 * How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?**

- The climax is the turning point of the story, meaning when Georg and Ulrich see a pack of wolves approaching them. The theme is revolved around hatred. The relationship between these two is that Goerg and Ulrich make peace, but their friendship will always remain unexposed, because the author hints to the reader that they will probably be devoured by these wolves. Their new relationship, which stemmed from hatred, was never brought out to public and the family feud is predicted to continue.
 * How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?**


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

- “The roebuck, which usually kept in the sheltered hollows during a storm-wind, were running like driven things tonight...”
 * Simile:**

- “No,” said Ulrich with a laugh, the idiotic chattering laugh of a man unstrung with fear.”
 * Metaphor:**

- “Ulrich was silent for a few minutes, and lay listening to the weary screeching of the wind.”
 * Personification:**

- A symbol that plays a huge role in the story is the wine flask. The wine flask symbolizes Ulrich and Georg's friendship, and it is introduced when Ulrich asks Georg to become his friend.
 * Symbol:**

- An example of foreshadowing could be when Ulrich offers Georg some wine. This indicates to the reader that Ulrich may be trying to become friends with Georg, and that he’s trying to resolve their ongoing conflict. This is proven shortly after when Ulrich says himself that their fighting is silly and pointless, and that he would like for them to become friends.
 * Foreshadowing (give both elements):**

- I thought it was ironic that Georg and Ulrich were hunters, hunting each other at the beginning of the story, but at the end of the story they were being hunted themselves by wolves.
 * Irony:**

- “Ulrich von Gradwitz found himself stretched on the ground, one arm numb beneath him and the other held almost as helplessly in a tight tangle of forked branches, while both legs were pinned beneath the fallen mass.” This passage is very descriptive and detailed and can easily paint a descriptive picture in my mind.
 * Imagery:**

- Hatred, an element of humanity, is represented thoroughly in The Interlopers. Georg and Ulrich clearly hate each other, but it is hard to determine why. It could be because of the family feud, or because they really hate each other as people. But how is it possible to hate someone over a strip of land? This proves that as humans we choose to hate certain people, for a variety of reasons, such as, experiences. Georg and Ulrich hated each other, but whether it was logical hatred or not is questionable.
 * Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story:**

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15/15