Post by Ronald on Sept 25, 2015 13:26:02 GMT
The interloper was riddled with paragons of irony and and symbolism. The irony came mainly from the fact that both of the characters, Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, died at the end of the story instead of living and becoming friends as we all believed. This type of irony is called situational irony because it is when the reader expects one thing to happen but the opposite actually happens. Throughout the story the author, Saki (yes he pulls the one name thing like Madonna, Cher, Beyonce, and Pink), leads us to believe that the story is about two men who are coming to terms about there hatred for one another and then getting over that together through there mutual hell they are both living. But Saki turns this this arundel and spins the story into a tale of how two men's idiotic hatred ultimately brings about there untimely demise. One can also make the claim that the interlopers is about how humanity's troubles mean nothing and the real enemy is nature, therefore all humans must put aside there differences to try and survive, no thrive! This is seen because the two men were able to provide aside there anger in a matter of moments with simply talking and alcohol. Also this may provide some symbolism towards the bonding powers of alcohol, a drink created by man to ease his sorrows and provides for a distraction of the real world. Saki takes advantage of this and uses it in this story as the catalyst for the redemption of man mind. Another massive use of symbolism is the use of the tree that fell on Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym while they were on the hunt for one another. The tree really represents there inner turmoil and the struggle between man vs man and how that struggle is only a hinderence for the advancement of society as a whole. The tree brings the two men together when they were at odds, but ironically is also what tears them to prices because wolves are going to to eat there face and kill them with no regrets because they are only animals. This is the visualization of man vs nature homie. The other symbolic thing I picked is the strip of land that the Gradwitz and had taken claim over from the Znaeym's, who claimed it was stolen from them. Sure, the land may have been decent hunting grounds for sport, but it is not the actual land that is important to the family's. The land represents dueling conflicts that had lasted for centuries and the pride they took in having property that the other family wanted to deprive them of some happiness. The last symbolism that I will speak is a bit of a stretch, but I think it will work to the fullest extant of this analysis. I believe that the wolves represent God. They are the judges of fate who are deeming Ulrich and George as unworthy to live because of there willingness to take human life over a land dispute.