Saki The Interlopers Conflict

I’ve never been much of an outdoors person, ever since I was little I’ve been scared of bugs, the dark, and pretty much everything outside. I would never have been in the woods that late the way Ulrich and Georg were in the story “The Interlopers” by Saki. In the story Ulrich and Georg had a long existing argument over land owned by Ulrich, one night they encountered each other in the woods in hope to kill each other, ironically, a beech tree had fallen on the men leaving them to struggle until they were found. The two men decided that their feud was irrelevant and ended it, they called aloud for help but what came wasn’t what they hoped for, the responders were wolves. The story is still popular today because the conflict and resolution are very relatable and surprising, the irony and suspense was interesting, and the way the author used the mood to make the story 's outcome surprising.

First off, the conflict and resolution was relatable and surprising. The conflict between the men and their family was like many people 's conflicts with their friends, usually they have an argument and decided to not be friends but sooner or later they end up making up. It has a long existing presence and both sides weren’t willing to give in. “... the dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgement of the courts, and a long

Secondly, the way the author used suspense and irony is what interested me the most. “I heard something, I think,” said Ulrich “I hear nothing but the pestilential wind,” said Georg (Saki 6). These quotes created suspense, it made you wonder what was going to happen when the men got out? How were they going to settle the feud? “Are they your men?” asked Georg “No,” said Ulrich “Who are they?” asked Georg “Wolves” replied Ulrich (Saki 7). The last couple sentences of the story were very ironic, on the same land the men had fought over for generations and the same land they had decided the feud to be over, was the same land both men had died