The Interlopers Short Story Analysis

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Short Story Analysis - The Interlopers Author and His time Hector H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916) was a British writer born in Akyab, Burma. His father was Inspector-General of the Burma Police. He went to Pencarwick School in Exmouth and to Bedford Grammar School. When his father retired to England, he joined the Indian Imperial Police where he was sent to Burma. Two years later, he returned to his Battalion in the weakened state malaria had left him in. He was killed by a sniper on November 13, 1916. At this time, European countries started to oppose each other more and more, eventually leading to World War I. In June of 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslav nationalist, sparking the War. It lasted for four years. Russia was fighting for the Slavic people against the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany. This story takes place in Eastern Europe. Title The word “interloper” means an intruder into a place, gathering, or situation. This title suits this story because Ulrich thinks of his enemy, Znaeym, as an intruder, and although the land rightfully belongs to Ulrich, Znaeym thinks likewise, believing that the land justly belongs to him. It also has a broader meaning because, as seen in the end of the story, Nature thinks of both men as intruders on the land that is rightfully hers. Style This story is written in the 3rd person omniscient point of view. The narrator is not a character in the story but knows the thoughts of the characters. Although the narrator focuses mainly on the thoughts and feelings of Ulrich von Gradwitz, he also goes into the mind of Georg Znaeym. I think that this is a good choice of point of view because the two main characters harbor similar feelings for each other, and the reader sees the transition that both of the characters undergo from hostility to cordiality, developing the plot and the main
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