The Interlopers
by: Saki
Vocabulary
Precipitous
Marauders
Medley
Page 303
Condolences
Languor
Succor
Hector Hugh Munro (Saki)
►Born
December 18, 1870
►The master of short stories
►At an early age his mother died
when she was run over by a
runaway cow
►After her death he lived with his
aunts who used corporal
punishment
Hector Hugh Munro (Saki)
►The
Rise of the Russian Empire
was Saki’s first published book
►Fought in World War I where he
wrote many short stories and met
his death
►Saki was shot by a sniper on
November 16, 1916
Background
►Hatfields
vs. McCoys
►West Virginia vs. Kentucky
►First shootings were in 1878 over
a legal dispute about two hogs
►1888 = 6 people were killed
 Can you think of other examples of
bloody feuds?
Characters/setting/plot
►Ulrich
von Gradwitz
►Georg Znaeym
►Mountains of central Europe
within a forest
►Late 1800’s to early 1900’s
►Two family’s feuding, especially
between the two landowners
Literary Analysis
►Internal
conflict vs. external
conflict
►Internal conflict occurs within a
character who experiences
opposing ideas or feelings
►External conflict occurs
between characters or between a
character and a force of nature
Literary Analysis
►Direct
vs. indirect
characterization
►Direct is when an author
directly states a characters
personality traits
►Indirect is when a writer uses a
character’s actions, thoughts and
feelings to suggest their traits
What event is the cause for
the feud?
►A
lawsuit over a narrow strip
of land is the cause for the
feud
►There is a personal hatred
between the two men which
keeps the feud going
Is the conflict in this story
internal or external? Why?
►External
►Because
it is between a
character and another character
What happens to the men
when they meet face to face?
►Before
they can shoot each
other a tree falls pinning both of
them down
How does the conflict
change?
►Boast
about what their men
will do to the other man
►Ulrich offers the wine to
Georg
►Ulrich offers peace to Georg
resolving the conflict
►They become friends
Activities
► Review
and assess page 310
► Good follow up questions and essay
http://www.argo217.k12.il.us/departs/english/b
lettiere/interlopers.doc
► Review and assess page 311