The Interlopers By Elie Wiesel

The story The Interlopers is a short story about two enemies who are fighting over a piece of land. This story has many aspects that make you think about the plotline; however, my favourite would be trying to find out who the interloper is in this story. When first looking at the story, you assume that the interloper is one of the men. As the story goes on, you think that the interlopers are the wolves; however, once you read the story again, you can understand that the real interlopers are both Ulrich and Georg. Firstly, the start of the book states, “Ulrich von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a human enemy” (Saki 1), suggesting that the interloper would be Georg. However, as we read further, we understand that the land was

As a result of this, we can see why both men can be considered interlopers, as there is no definitive answer to who owned the land. We also understand that both men considered each other interlopers as they were both out to hunt each other. We see this happen when Ulrich tries to find Georg, and the story shows us that “he stepped around the trunk of a huge beech and came face to face with the man he sought.” (2) We can see that Georg has the same goal as Ulrich as we learn that “Each had a rifle in his hand; each had hate in his heart and murder uppermost in his mind.” (2) Looking at these two excerpts, we can infer that the two men had come out to kill who they thought were interlopers, helping us understand that both men were a sa under the impression that the other was the interloper; hence, they could both be thought of as interlopers depending on the perspective you look through. At the end of the day, this did not matter, as the end of the story shows us that both men are eaten by wolves. This was an extremely unexpected ending, as I assumed that both men would be safe at the end after they had become

As Ulrich says, “‘Could you reach this flask if I throw it over to you?’ asked Ulrich suddenly; ‘there is good wine in it, and one may as well be as comfortable as one can. Let us drink, even if tonight one of us dies." This showed how close they had gotten in the short time they were stuck together. As this happened, I thought that the story would have a happy ending with the two becoming close friends and sharing the land. The ending, however, caught me off guard, and I was surprised when I read the last word of the story, where the author simply wrote "Wolves." (7). The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid a While this caught my mind in surprise, it was a great example of the irony that was found in this story. This example of situational irony was incredibly effective, as people did not expect the men to die rather than become friends due to an unnatural