Different Enemies in Saki’s “Interlopers”
In the short story, “Interlopers”, by Saki, a huge theme is that there will never be permanent enemies in the world. This theme is first proven when Ulrich von Gradwitz is first shown in the forest, hunting for an enemy by the name of Georg Znaeym whose family stole and trespassed on his family’s land for generations: “a long series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embedded the relationships between the families for three generations” (Saki 34). When two families have been enemies for a long time, both Ulrich and Georg have been taught that they should hate each other, most likely from the beginning of their lives,
In the short story, “Interlopers”, by Saki, a huge theme is that there will never be permanent enemies in the world. This theme is first proven when Ulrich von Gradwitz is first shown in the forest, hunting for an enemy by the name of Georg Znaeym whose family stole and trespassed on his family’s land for generations: “a long series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embedded the relationships between the families for three generations” (Saki 34). When two families have been enemies for a long time, both Ulrich and Georg have been taught that they should hate each other, most likely from the beginning of their lives,