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Nature In The Interlopers

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Many people believe they can claim nature as their own, acting like they are larger than nature itself. “The Interlopers” by H.H.Munro disagrees with this notion. “The Interlopers” tackles the theme that no one can own nature, the story uses its structure, characters and point of view to prove this. At the beginning of the story, there is a heavy focus on the characters. The author uses this introduction to build the characters, Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym are two men fighting over a piece of land. With Ulrich von Gradwitz sSaying “Georg Znaeym, the inheritor of the quarrel and the tireless game snatcher and rider of the disputed border forest.” the readers are informed why This explains whywho Georg Znaeym is in the eyes of Ulrich. …show more content…

They are very underdeveloped, one can hardly distinguish between them. They both share very similar characters traits and are very basic. The story does provide the thoughts and feelings of the characters, it hints at something larger. The two men are normally referred as both “Both had now given up the useless struggle to free themselves from the mass of wood that held them down”. They are referred as both instead of separate people. This shows how little the characters matter in contrast to nature. Nature plays a large part in this story as well. Not only does the weather and environment reflect the character emotions and feelings, but nature is personified even going to the extent of capitalizing the “N” treating nature like a character “And before the moment of hesitation had given way to action a deed of Nature's own violence overwhelming them both.” This shows the power of nature, being able to wipe away years of feud in seconds. Both men have been hating each other since birth, but in seconds their hatred vanishes, exposing how meaningless their feud was. The wish of both men is to dominate and conquer nature. As nature creates a scenario where both men are can settle their feud, both men also receive the same fate, they believed they could claim nature and were punished with their lives. The time of the two men has ended, but nature is eternal and will continue to live on. Nature is much larger and important, than the temporary beings, like

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