Saki The Interlopers Analysis

First, the author uses symbolism. For instance, The tree in the story represents Lane’s fallen faith and the hole where the tree once stood represents the emptiness where Lane's faith once was and lastly, the roots of the tree represent the tangled mess his life and relationship is. “Lane was very still and immobile and looking past the bank at the downed tree in the shallows and its ball of exposed roots

The mood of the speaker changes to guilt as the speaker and her mother realize they would "crawl" with "shame" and leave an "emptiness" in their father's heart and yard. The author negatively connotes "crawl," "shame," and "emptiness" to invoke a more serious and shameful tone. The beginning of the conveyed a more matter-of-fact and pragmatic tone, but changes into a more sentimental one by the end to convey family is more important than the money. The symbol of the tree represents the family, and connects it to their father's hard work and dedication to the family. If they were to cut it down, it would be symbolic of their betrayal. Imagery of the tree is used to describe the freedom and beauty of the tree as it "swings through another year of sun and leaping winds, of leaves and bounding fruit." The tree represents their family bond and how strong it is even through the "whip-crack of the mortgage."

The interlopers is a story where 2 main characters fight over a family feud and they eventually come to terms with each other. They hated each other since they were little children. When both men met each other in the woods a thunder struck a tree near them and trap them both. One of the men realized it was a waste of time and energy trying to fight with the other man and tried to make friends with him. They come to a agreement to be friends and not enemies and wait for their men to come and save them. As they wait for one of their groups of men to save them they see in the distance wolves are heading towards

The Story of an Hour and The Interlopers are both interesting stories about death. Both stories contain the subject of death but The Interlopers is suspenseful while The Story of an Hour is just sad. Even though The Story of an Hour and The Interlopers are written on two different topics they are still similar, but they both have their differences. In the story The Interlopers death is an event that no one wants or expects to happen. In the story of an hour death is a surprise but it is not unnatural.

“The Interlopers” by Saki, is a story mixed with man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. self, conflict. The resolution is a very surprising twisted fate however. In the beginning we learn of the three generation long quarrel between the Gradwitz’s and the Znaeym’s. “A famous law suit, in the days of his grandfather” (152). The boys grow up hating each other and wishing each other misfortune, and even death upon each other. “as boys they had thirsted for one another's blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other” (152). On that night both of the men separate from their groups in search of each other. After a few minutes of searching they find each other. But as fate may have it, nature strikes both men. Suddenly the harsh

“Who are they?” Asked Georg quickly, straining his eyes to see what the other gladly would not have seen. “Wolves.”

A central idea that can be found in “The Interlopers” by Saki is “Man possesses both civilized and savage qualities”. In this story we see two extreme opposite personalities a man can have. It is a cold night in the Carpathians and Georg Znaeym and Ulrich Von Gradwitz are hunting for each other on a piece of land that there families have been fighting over for years.“As boys they had thirsted for one another's blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other.”These two men want nothing but pain too each other enough so that they are hunting for each other with “Murder in uppermost of his mind”. Then both of their wishes come true they find each other face to face by a tree. “The two enemies stood glaring at one another for

The Forest of Gradwitz had many trees in it. The tree is a symbol of greed and hate. This section of the forest is what started the feud between the two families. The tree fell on Ulrich and Georg, they were trapped very close to one another. Them being trapped under the tree is what made them realize how foolish they had been. They made up and became friends that night, stuck under the tree. The tree then stood for courage and

“They’re Soviet.” said Ulrich, Georg replys, “Out here in these lands?” Ulrich readies his rifle, expecting a fight. The russians then yell words that Ulrich and Georg couldn’t understand. “Are they going to free us?” Georg asked. “They seem to want to.” replied Ulrich. The russian men begin to push against the tree, rolling it off them and help them up. After they help the two, the russian men kick them back onto the ground, holding them at gunpoint. Finally, the two men’s soldiers appear from both ends of the forest and take aim at each side and the russians. The russians, surprised by the other’s approach, aim at both sides and position themselves behind one another. The two yell to their men not to shoot each other, but at the russian men. The russians take Ulrich and Georg and aim at the two, threatening to shoot them if they don’t drop their weapons. Ulrichs signs to his men to drop the weapons but Georg denies. The russian men then take aim at Georg’s men and fire at them, each of his soldiers dropping one by one. Georg then swings his fist at one of the russian men but is shot by another, Ulrich witnessing

The pink ribbons worn by Faith symbolized the innocence of Goodman Brown’s faith. Pink is associated with being sweet, playful, and child like. It is when Goodman Brown sees the ribbons floating down from heaven that he knows he has lost his faith and that innocence has been tainted with evil. The staff symbolizes a type of deception of sin. The devil twice offers his staff to man. Once to Goodman Brown and then to Goody Cloyse. The devil deceives by offering his staff as a source of comfort an object to lean upon when Brown and Cloyse are tired and weary. Sometimes in life it is much easier to lean on the evil and take the path of least resistance rather than stand up for what is right and what we believe in. The forest is a classic symbol used in many stories. The forest is seen as dark, deceiving and a way to get lost. In “Young Goodman Brown” the deeper Brown gets into the forest the more lost he becomes. He is separated from his faith and all he knows as good. The “hanging twig and the coldest dew” is one of my favorite symbols used in this story. This whole scene is full of imagery with the cold damp rock and the feeling of hopelessness in the air. The twig with the cold dew on it is what awakens Brown from his dream or vision. This is what makes him face the reality of

As the passage continues, the author uses syntax to bring tension to the story. Including diction in it, by saying “the earth heaved and the air darkened… bruised and terrified.” (128) The author uses diction to show all the hard things they have to go through. He uses the word “terrified” to show how scared they were of the power. But, even though they were scared their love made them be together and that no matter what happened they will never betray each other. Tension is being added every time they describe the moment. This can be a representation of the suffering you undergo when you rebel against the party. In this part of the passage you can see how the mood changed, how they change from silently speaking or not speaking at all to a being terrified and the world changing its

It isn’t too clear who the antagonist of “The Interlopers” by Saki is in the beginning. Two enemies are trapped under a tree each with a plan to kill the other. They both end up settling their differences, but become food to wolves. At the beginning of the story each is the others’ antagonist and later they both grow as people and form an alliance wishing the other good fortune.

Frost lead to the belief that, “Two roads diverged in yellow wood” expresses indirectly that the season is Fall and makes the theme seems as if “he was falling apart”.

Before I get to the main story line, let me explain the symbolism behind the

This is significant because it emphasizes the melancholy and mournfulness that he depicts with imagery in the first stanza. Later on in the second stanza, he author describes the tree the narrator would have planted as a “green sapling rising among the twisted apple boughs”. The author uses visual color imagery of the color green to describe the sapling in order to emphasize just how young the newborn was when he died. Later on in the poem, the narrator speaks of himself and his brothers kneeling in front of the newly plated tree. The fact that they are kneeling represents respect for the deceased. When the narrator mentions that the weather is cold it is a reference back to the first stanza when he says “of an old year coming to an end”. Later on in the third stanza the author writes “all that remains above earth of a first born son” which means that the deceased child has been buried. They also compare the child to the size of “a few stray atoms” to emphasize that he was an infant. All of these symbols and comparisons to are significant because they are tied to the central assertion of remembrance and honoring of the dead with the family and rebirth.