The Interlopers Background Saki master of surprise endings

The Interlopers

Background • Saki- master of surprise endings and suspense • The Interlopers has a surprise ending. • Interloper: a person who intrudes, into some region or field without proper license

Characters • Ulrich von Gradwitz: Head of the Von Gradwitz family. He hates Georg with a passion. His family has a long standing feud with the Znaeymn family. • Georg Znaeymn: Head of the Znaeymn family. He hates Ulrich with a passion. His family has a long standing feud with the Von Gradwitz family.

Plot Summary • Two families are fighting over a piece of land. They have been fighting for at least 3 generations. • The land is an undesirable strip of woods that are almost worthless. • The trees are small and sick, there is not a lot of game and the land can’t grow any crops.

Plot Summary • The Von Gradwitz family takes the Znaeymn family to court. • The Von Gradwitz family wins the land in court. • However, the two families continue to fight about the land.

Plot Summary • Despite the ruling, the Znaeym family continues to hunt roebuck on the land. • One dark night both men are on the land are trapped by a large branch that falls on them.

Plot summary • Both men are waiting for rescue and argue with each other- wishing death on one another. • Ulrich offers a flask of wine to Georg. This symbolizes a peace offering. • Both men think about ending the feud as they wait rescue.