The+Interlopers


 * Short Stories - Literary Devises Title: The Interlopers **


 * Point of View: 3rd Person **


 * Protagonists: Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym **


 * What type of characters are the Protagonists? **
 * Round and Dynamic **


 * Antagonists: Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym **


 * Describe the Setting: **
 * A dark forest of mixed growth near the eastern spurs of the Carpathians, taking place during Winter and sometime in the past. **


 * Type of Conflict: External (Men vs. Nature) **


 * Describe the main conflict: **
 * The two protagonists against nature, throughout the majority of the story Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym are trapped underneath a tree. **


 * Describe the Climax of the Story: **
 * The point where the tree happens to brake and fall onto Ulrich and Georg is the Climax of the story. **


 * How do the Protagonists change over the course of the story? **
 * Ulrich and Georg change throughout the course of the story by having different opinions towards the end about one another. As well as end up wanting to become friends and ending the feud between their groups of people. **


 * Describe the relationship between the title and the theme. **
 * The title suggests that in the story there is going to be some type of action or character that is trespassing. And the theme is saying that one man thinks he owns land and the other man doesn’t believe that, resulting in a trespass. **


 * How does the main conflict help to illustrate the theme? **
 * The conflict helps illustrate the theme by suggesting that the men are going to have to deal with nature effecting them during the course of events. **


 * How does the climax help to illustrate the theme? **
 * The climax helps illustrate the theme the best in the story in my opinion because, when the tree falls on top on Ulrich and Georg that’s where the author is trying to get the message out that events are going to change within the characters feelings towards one another. **
 * Give examples of each of the following literary terms in the story (use quotes): **


 * Simile: “And listening through the whistling and skirling of the wind.” **


 * Metaphor: **


 * Personification: “Set the forest moaning beside him.” **


 * Symbol: **


 * Foreshadowing (give both elements): **
 * “And before the moment of hesitation had given way to action a deed of Nature’s own violence overwhelmed them both.” **
 * Irony: **


 * Imagery: “Each had a rifle in his hand, each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind. **


 * Completion 3/5 **
 * Effort 3/5 **
 * Content 3.5/5 **


 * total 9.5/15 **