Jiddu Krishnamurti, thought of worldwide as one of the best thinkers and religious teachers ever, states that “Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay” ("Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes"). This quote relates to the poem, “Mending Wall” and the short story, “The Interlopers” because it shows how people rely on tradition even if that tradition is outdated. “Mending Wall” is based on a wall that separates two neighbors. One of the neighbors believes that the wall is useless and consumes time that could be spent on something more important. The other neighbor thinks that the wall is critical to maintaining the relationship between the two men. “The Interlopers” focuses on two men who completely despise each other. After a life of constant battles they are finally brought together, which causes them to forget their hatred and move on. In Saki and Frost’s excellent writing it is easy to point out the details and character descriptions used to prove their idea that traditions must change over time . In “The Interlopers” the characters civil personality shines through at many moments during this story, which leads the reader to believe that they only act ruthless due to the tradition that they feel obligated to follow. After spending the entire night searching for each other, the two men finally realize that there is no point in hating one another so the decision is made to make amends. To show how committed they were to the new friendship they each
“There is more power in unity than division.” -Emanuel Cleaver (“Unity Quotes”) Cleaver’s idea is embraced by many, and supported by Saki and Robert Frost in their respective stories. “The Interlopers”, written by Saki, pits the two main characters against the struggle of generational hate. Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym were raised to hate each other, and on one night, both men set out in quest of their human enemy. Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” centers around two neighbors, one with pines, and one with an apple orchard. The two traditionally meet around springtime to repair the wall between them. In both literary works, the two main characters unite on account of the ironic situations they encounter, paving the way for
Walls separate friends and family from being together and having fun. In Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" the narrator and neighbor don't abhor each other but the wall is stopping them from being good neighbors. Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" is about taking down a wall that separates a country into two countries. The walls of the two texts are
A famous quote by Gianni Versace, the founder of one of the most successful fashion companies in the world, “Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are.” A quote that deeply connects to The Interlopers by Saki and Mending Wall by Frost. In The Interlopers, two guys Ulrich and Georg have quarreled since birth. This is because their grandparents argued over who the forest belonged to. They went to court and it was settled to Ulrich’s grandpa the argument continued to go on. In Mending Wall, two neighbors plan a day every year to mend their fence because of the winter ruining portions. The speaker’s neighbor’s father had always told him good fences make good neighbors. Through Saki and Frost’s development of
In “The Interlopers” has an unexpected ending of death, comparable to “The Story of an Hour” where the end of Mrs. Mallard’s story ends unexpectedly with death as well. In “The Story of an Hour” we see some selfishness in the character of Mrs. Mallard when she is so sad about her loss of freedom that she forgets to rejoice that her husband is alive again. In the same manner, we see some selfishness on the part of the characters in “The Interlopers” when they believe that their lives will be better without the other person and how they each hope their men arrive first to free them and kill the other, before they make peace with one another. In “The Interlopers” we see peace found at last between two long standing
The poem “Mending Wall’ is very interesting to me. The wall is there to keep boundaries. One man thinks it unnecessary to have this wall
Sometimes, there are people that have really stupid fights for the most ridiculous reason. “The Interlopers” is about these two families that have a feud that has been happening for many years and one day, two people, Ulrich and Georg, were hoping something tragic was going to happen to the other person but nature blows a tree over them so they are pinned to the ground. Then later, they start to figure out the complications between themselves and become friends. When they think it is their men that are coming to help them, it ended up being wolves as the figures coming towards them. The author Saki writes about the theme of friendship can be made with a person that is your enemy in the story “The Interlopers” by using characterization, foreshadowing, and conflict.
In his poem 'Mending Wall', Robert Frost presents to us the thoughts of barriers linking people, communication, friendship and the sense of security people gain from barriers. His messages are conveyed using poetic techniques such as imagery, structure and humor, revealing a complex side of the poem as well as achieving an overall light-hearted effect. Robert Frost has cleverly intertwined both a literal and metaphoric meaning into the poem, using the mending of a tangible wall as a symbolic representation of the barriers that separate the neighbors in their friendship.
In the poems “The Interlopers” and “Mending Wall” by Saki and Robert Frost they show how some of the traditions passed on from generation to generation can affect people in the wrong way. ¨The Interlopers¨ is about two families that are in a family feud over a piece of land to hunt even though this land Ian’s is absolute trash. Mending Wall is about two neighbors that have built a wall between their property just two go back every Spring they have to rebuild it because it keeps falling apart every winter and between these two neighbors one believes that they should get rid of the wall the other is.
In the stories, “The Interlopers” and “The Two Friends” there is many ways that these gentlemen are similar and there is many ways they are different. In the story, “The Interlopers” it took a tree falling on them before they would even start talking to each other. In the story, “The Two Friends” their friendship never changed even after they got captured by the Germans. “The Interlopers” and “Two Friends” have similar messages about life and death, but their characters differ in important respects.
Firstly, these stories have different themes; the theme in “The Interlopers” is fear, anger, mysterious however in the short story “Two Friends” the theme is war, tragedy and true friendship.
In the short story “The Interlopers”, two families are feuding over a stretch of forest. Ulrich, the head of one family, is on the lookout in his part of the forest. As he stands guard, Georg, the head of the other family, appears. As the two men stand sizing each other up, a beech tree falls and traps them underneath. The men begin to brag about whose cohorts will arrive first. Ulrich then offers to give Georg his wine flask. Georg and Ulrich begin to talk about what it would be like if they became friends. The two men then forgive each other for past mistakes and begin to call for help. Finally, Ulrich sees moving figures, but they are of
Similar to “Acquainted with the Night,” isolation is a major theme in “Mending Wall.” In “Mending Wall,” there are two characters: the speaker and the neighbor. The two characters have two different opinions on what make a “good neighbor.” The neighbor views walls as a crucial object in
Robert Frost's "The Mending Wall" is a comment on the nature of our society. In this poem, Frost examines the way in which we interact with one another and how we function as a whole. For Frost, the world is often one of isolation. Man has difficulty communicating and relating to one another. As a result, we have a tendency to shut ourselves off from others. In the absence of effective communication, we play the foolish game of avoiding any meaningful contact with others in order to gain privacy.
In the poem, “The Mending Wall” Frost creates a lot of ambiguity in order to leave the poem open for interpretation. Frost’s description of every detail in this poem is very interesting, it leaves the reader to decide for themselves what deductions they are to be making of the poem. To begin with, Frost makes literal implications about what the two men are doing. For instance, they are physically putting the stones back, one by one. Their commitment and constant drive shows how persistent these men seem about keeping the wall intact. On the other hand, there are inferences that something deeper is occurring.
Frost used a distinct way of writing throughout his poem that not only hooked the reader into the story, but also made them question their own views of walls, both physical and psychological. In the poem it is displayed that walls can be both good and bad. The wall that the narrator sees as the embodiment of what separates them, it is actually the one thing that brings them together every spring. Near the end, the narrator brings back the original question, what is the something? With this poem, maybe Frost wanted the reader to examine themselves and their surroundings and try to answer the question of tradition, and how they unite us and separates us at the same time. The narrator’s neighbor is the personification of the old ways and custom in the poem, it is evident as he is constantly repeating “good fences make good neighbors” (Frost 245) and the fact that “he will not go behind his father’s saying” (Frost 246). Even though, good fences make good neighbors is a well-known proverb, people will eventually ask themselves: Why is it necessary to have fences to build good