the+interlopers


 * Short Stories - Literary DevisesTitle:___The Interlopers_____ **

Third person
 * Point of View: **

Ulrich Von Gradwitz
 * Protagonist: **

Round and Dynamic
 * What type of character is the Protagonist? **

Georg Znaeym
 * Antagonist: **


 * Describe the setting **

The eastern spurs of the Carpathians. The past(late 1900’s) tensile man vs. man
 * Type of Conflict: **

The main conflict is the feud that has been going on for three generations between the Von Gradwitz and the Znaeym. This conflict is over a strip of land where both the protagonist and the antagonist want to hunt for game.
 * Describe the main conflict: **

I think that the climax of the story is when Ulrich sees the “figures” climbing through the forest then realises that they are really wolves and how both himself and his new friend(Georg Znaeym) are about to die.
 * Describe the Climax of the Story: **

The protagonist changes by realising that the main conflict(feud) really did not need to happen and how himself and the antagonist can get along and have a great friendship.
 * How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? **

I think that the theme is how people hate even when there is no apparent reason to hate. So the title “The Interlopers” relates to that because an interloper is a person who interferes with another persons affairs, but even if you don't want them to and you hate them for it they might be trying to help you out.
 * Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **

The main conflict is about a feud between families that has been going on for a long amount of time. This connects with the theme because it shows how just because their families have been fighting doesn’t mean they need to fight as well.
 * How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **

The climax helps to construct the theme by showing that it will always be easier to face certain death when you are sitting with a friend by your side.
 * How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **


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

“Running like driven things tonight”
 * Simile: **

“relief at being alive and exasperation at his captive plight brought a strange medley of pious thank offerings and sharp curses to Ulrich’s lips”
 * Metaphor: **

“Naked branches, Presently, as the wind dropped.”
 * Personification: **

The wolves were a symbol of death coming to the protagonist and the antagonist.
 * Symbol: **

“Ulrich patrolled the dark forest in quest” This is foreshadowing because it shows how Ulrich is going to find Georg.
 * Foreshadowing (give both elements): **

It was ironic how the protagonist thought he saw the men that would save himself and the antagonist but it turned out to be wolves that would kill them.
 * Irony: **

“Wind scourged night”
 * Imagery: **

The class theme(humanity) relates to the story and its theme because hate is a main aspect to the way humans behave and live their lives.
 * Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story. **

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