Interlopes

Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Interlopers

Point of View: Thrid person point of view, because is someone talking about them not they talking about themselves.

Protagonist: Ulrich von Gradwitz What type of character is the Protagonist? Dynamic Character

Antagonist: Georg Znaeym

Describe the setting They setting is probably around the 1900's time around 12:00 at night in the forest.

Type of Conflict: Man vs Man Man vs Nature

Describe the main conflict: Ulrich and Georg are hating each other, their family fight for 3 generation for a piece of land. Both of them are trying to hunt their enemy, and start causing a serious fight.

Describe the Climax of the Story: the climax of the story is when there in the forest then they ask too be friends.

How does the Protagonist change over the course of the story? He changes over time by realizing what there fighting for is stupid and so they talk it out between them selves and become friends.

Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. The relationship between the title and the theme is that they don't really belong there because the nature and the animals don't want them in the forest.

How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? man vs man because they are being ridiculouse because there fighting for a stupid cause.

How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? The climax is the moment they ask to be friend, that tell there are character development inside the climax, and the climax help the theme to become more clear.

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

Simile: and this wind-scourged winter night Ulrich had banded together his foresters to watch the dark forest."...

Metaphor : as Ulrich von Gradwitz hunts for the "game" he has long sought, he comes face-to-face with his enemy, Georg Znaeym, "the inheritor of the quarrel and tireless game-snatcher...

Personification:

Symbol:

Foreshadowing (give both elements):

“as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other"



Imagery:

Describe the relationships between the class theme and the story.

1. What is Ulrich hunting for? Ulrich is hunting his enemy Gerog so he can kill him. 2. How did Ulrich come to own the property in question? 3. Why do Ulrich and Georg hate each other? How did it all start? It all started because the two of them are in between a piece of land that they both want really bad. 4. Identify the foreshadowing in the second paragraph. Assuredly there was a disturbing element in the forest, and Ulrich could guess the quarter from whence it came. 5. Why did they not try to shoot each other the moment they saw each other? they didn't shoot each other because it's hard to do it actually but you think about it seems easy. 6. What saves Ulrich’s feet from being crushed? His hiking boots. 7. What lies do they tell each other after realizing they are both trapped under the tree?The lies they tell is that each of there men if they came first would kill them. 8. Why does Ulrich change his mind about killing Georg? he changes his mind because he realizes what there fighting for is stupid. 9. What significance is there in the title of this story? What are some possible meanings of the title? 10. In the end of the story why do each of the men hope that their men will come first to rescue him? So that they could tell there family that they had a truce so that they could stop fighting. 11. Describe the irony in this story. The Irony of the story is that the become friend but there men don't find them but instead a pack of wolves kill them so now there family at home don't know what happened so they continue on with the feud, 12. What metaphor can you find in relation to the tree pinning down the two characters? A fierce shriek of Nature's own violence overwhelmed them both. 13. Is the ending of this story effective? Why or why not?=====

Completion 3/5 Effort 2.5/5 Content 3/5

total 8.5/15

Questions Completion Mark 2/5

total: 10.5/20