The+Interlopers

Ulrich is patrolling is dark forest in tee quest of his human enemy, Georg Znaeym. Ulrich have banded together his foresters to watch the forest for thieves whom he suspected were prowling around in his land.
 * 1. What is Ulrich hunting for?**

**2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question?** Even though the narrow strip of land on the outskirts of the forest lands of Gradwitch is not prosperous or beautiful, it is the land that Ulrich cares about the most. The land had originally been illegally possessed by his neighboring family. In the days of his grandfather, a famous lawsuit lead to his family's ownership of the land.This lead to numerous scandals between the two families.Then, Ulrich came to be the head of the family and became the owner of the land.

**3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? How did it all start?** For generations, Ulrich's and Georg's familes have quarrelled for the narrow strip of land and caused numerous scandals. Ever since the Gradwitzs wrested the land from the Znaeyms in a famous lawsuit, the Znaeymzs have been trying to get the land back and Gradwitzs are trying to defend it as best as they coud. The feud might have ceased if Ulrich and Georg were not the inheritors of the land. They hated each other and they each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other. They were like a cat and a dog, quarelling when ever they saw each other.

**4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph.** "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.

**5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other?** Even though both extremely hated each other and their only wish was killing each other, they could not kill each other in cold blood when they had the chance. If they had been brought up in an environment with neither rules nor civilization, they would have gladly killed each other; however, they were brought up under the code of a restraining civilization. In other words, they were too civilized to frantically shoot at each other, hoping to kill the other.

**6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed?** If Ulrich had not been wearing his heavy shooting shoes, his legs and feet would have been crushed into pieces; however, because the shotting shoes were so thich and strong, it saved his legs. It did save his legs from serious injuries but it was evident that his legs had gained at least some fractures and Ulrich could not move his feet at all, for his legs were stuck on the tree.

**7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree?** Both of them knows that it is unlikely for any of their men to find them under the tree, because the forest was too dark and loud. They each lie to each other that their men would come soon to save them. Even though they are stuck under the tree, unable to move, they keep fighting each other, telling each other things that are blatantly untrue. They both know that it might be long before their men come, and think they could be defeated that night; therefore, both speak with bitterness of possible defeat.

**8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg?** When Ulrich reaches into his pocket for a bottle of wine and pours it in to his mouth, he gains a different view toward his enemy. He feels pity toward his enemy, who is moaning with pain and exhaustion. He offers Georg his wine bottle, but Georg rejects the offer, saying that he would never drink with an enemy; however, Ulrich's view does not change and takes an another step. He realizes that they had been fools fighting over an useless piece of land and thinks that there are better things to do in life. He asks Georg to become his friend and stop the old quarrel. Even though Ulrich had felt strong hatred toward Georg, his mind had been open to peace. When he feels pity toward Georg, his 8686mind opens up more and more toward and eventually leads to friendship with Georg.

**9. What significance is there in the title of this story? What are some possible meanings of the title?** Interloper means a person who who enters a place with no right to be there. In the beginning, Ulrich and Georg claimed that each other was the rightful owner of the land and the other is an interloper, trying to steal the land from each other. However, in the end, both of them realize that neither of them should be called interloper, because they both gain the right to be in the forest. Therefore the title, The Interloper, symbolizes the change in the characters' views as the story moves on.

**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, they pray privately that his men might be the first to arrive, so that he could show first by helping the other. that he had completely chaged and was willing to keep friendship, instead of a quarrel. This shows how much their attitudes toward each other have changed, for in the beginning of the book, they had wanted their men to come first to kill the other.

**11. Describe the irony in this story.** The ending is very ironic, because all the readers expect this story to be a comedy, not a tragedy, because so many good changes accur in the story. For example, Georg and Ulrich became good friends after quarreling each other for so long and I thought this series of beneficial events would lead to an happy ending. I was totally wrong and was very surprised at this ironic ending. Another 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.

**12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters?** The tree can be metaphorically seen as a therapist who is trying to bond together the two characters, Ulrich and Georg, and help them develop of pleasant relationship. Because the tree falls on them, they rethink about each other. They realize that they really have no reason to hate each other and decides to bury the quarrel.

**13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not?** Then ending is very ironic in the way that the story leads the readers to think that it is going to have a happy ending and then instantly finishes the story with a tragic ending. Also, the author leaves the reader wondering what is going to happen next by ending the story without completed conclusion. This kind of ending allows one to use imagination to envion and create one's own ending. This is a very effective ending because it makes the reader think more about the whole story and allows one to envison even more deeply and dig out the real meaning of the story.

= Short Stories - Literary Devises =

Title: The Interlopers
**Point of View:** The point of view is second person. It can almost be seen is third person/omnicient, but the narrator does not have the views of every person in the story. The narrator only describes the feelings of the protagonists and antagonists. **Protagonist:** There are two protagonists: Ulrich and Georg because they are both equally seen in this story can both can not exist without each other. Practically, they are co-protagonists. **What type of character is the Protagonist?** Because somethings about them are shown in the story, they are round and they change gradually throughout the story; therefore, they are also dynamic characters.

**Antagonist:** There are also two antagonists: Ulrich and Georg. Ulrich and Georg, the protagonists, are each other's antagonists.

**Describe the setting:** This the setting is winter, but it is either early or late winter, for there is not a single sign of snow anywhere in the story. It takes place in the forest of Ulrich von Gradwitz's land, somewhere on the easter spurs of the Carpathians.It is evident that the story takes place in the past but not so long ago, because they owned guns that they could shoot with, but not many people nowadays own this much land and use it to shoot games. Also, I can infer that it is the past by the fact that Ulrich lives in a castle.

**Type of Conflict:** The type of conflict can be seen as man vs man because the pragonists and antagonists, Ulrich and Georg, are each others' enemy and both tries to overcome each other. There is conflict between Ulrich and Georg through out the whole story.

**Describe the main conflict:** Ulrich and Georg's familes have hated each other for decades because in a famous law suit Ulrich's grandfather seized land from Georg's family, who had illegally owned the land before. The two familes have caused numerous scandals. They have thirsted for one another's blood since they were young, for they were brought up that way. Then, they come face to face on Ulrich's land.

**Describe the Climax of the Story:** The climax of the story is when Ulrich and Georg decided to bury the querrel and become friends. First, when Ulrich drinks his wine, he starts to feel pity for his enemy, who was moaning with pain beside him. This makes Ulrich think twice about the whole querrel between him and Georg and realizes that there is no actual reason for them to keep fighting. He asks himself, "Why do we keep fighting when the narrow piece of land is worthless and when there are much better things to do?" As a result, Ulrich offers Georg friendship and Georg gladly accepts the offer, thinking the same thought.

**How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story?** As the protagonists, Ulrich and Georg spend time together pinned under the tree, their attitude toward each other becomes different. As they rethink about their whole relationship, they realize that they have been fighting just because their family had been fighting for three generations. They think that there are better things to do than quarrel and that the narrow strip of land is nothing to fight about. Gradually as the story goes on, their views toward each other and the narrow strip of land change.

**Describe the relationship between the title and the theme.** In my opinion, theme of this story is hatred. The tiltle, //The Interlopers// connect with the theme because interlopers means a person who enters a place with no right to be there. The word, "interlopers', simply symbolizes hatred. In the beginning, Ulrich and Georg claimed that each other was the rightful owner of the land and the other is an interloper, trying to steal the land from each other. However, in the end, both of them realize that neither of them should be called interloper, because they both gain the right to be in the forest. Their hatred toward each other gradually melts away as the story goes on.

**How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme?** The main conflict is Ulrich and Georg's strong hatred toward each other. Ulrich and Georg's familes have hated each other for decades because in a famous law suit Ulrich's grandfather seized land from Georg's family, who had illegally owned the land before. They have thirsted for one another's blood since they were young, for they were brought up that way. If they had not been brought up this way and had not hated each other at all, theme would not have been hatred; infact, it could have even been friendship, not hatred. This way, the main conflict helps to illustrate the theme in numerous ways.

**How does the climax help to illustrate the theme?** In the climax, Ulrich and Georg's attitudes and views toward each other shift. In the climax, their hatred toward each other completely melts away and they both decide to forgive each other. The climax shows that hatred does not always last and can be instantly replaced with friendship.

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) **Symbol:** The tree symbolizes something that is trying to bond together the two characters, Ulrich and Georg, and help them develop of pleasant relationship. Because the tree falls on them, they rethink about each other. They realize that they really have no reason to hate each other and decides to bury the quarrel.

**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 is very ironic, because all the readers expect this story to be a comedy, not a tragedy, because so many good changes accur in the story. For example, Georg and Ulrich became good friends after quarreling each other for so long and I thought this series of beneficial events would lead to an happy ending. I was totally wrong and was very surprised at this ironic ending. Another 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) ---> This is ironic because laughing symbolizes happiness, not fear. **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.** Even though the class theme, choices does not seem to have any connection to the story, it does; this story is filled with 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. Also, both Ulrich and Georg are too civilized to brutally kill each other. Under these circumstances, they had the choice and decided to not kill the other. Another great example is when Ulrich decides to offer Georg his bottle of wine. This was the start of end of hatred and later Ulrich takes a bigger step by telling Georg that they should stop fighting each other. Even though this had not impact on the outcome of the story, if Ulrich had not decided to offer help to his enemy, they would have fought this quarrel out to the death. As these example illustrates, choices does have connections to the story for the protagonists constantly makes choices in order for the story to move on.

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