Choose one of the following questions and write an essay including a short introduction, a body paragraph, and a short conclusion. If you’d like help, you can use the writing process guide, or you can go straight to the test-response section. You will be scored only on the test-response section.
A. What is the setting of "The Interlopers," and how does the setting contribute to the mood of the story, the conflict between the main characters, and the story's ending?
B. How does the mood of "The Most Dangerous Game" change with the story's different settings, and how does that contribute to the story's level of suspense?
Your response is expected to be a minimum of 250 words.
Interlopers summary/ essay
Plot/ Setting This story of vendetta and reconciliation begins with a short history of conflict between two families in the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe. Ulrich von Gradwitz, the local nobleman, is …show more content…
Each is armed with a rifle, and each intends to use it because no interlopers will interfere, but not without some parting words of vengeance and hatred. Before either can speak, however, a sharp blast of wind tears from the ground the giant beech tree under which they stand, pinning them underneath. After the impact and first physical shock that leaves them speechless, Ulrich and Georg realize that they are both still alive, and they pick up their conflict in words rather than rifle shots. Each threatens the other with the possibility that his retainers will arrive first, in which case it will be easy for an “accident” to be arranged in which the tree will have apparently crushed the hapless victim, leaving the survivor free of the charge of murder. Their threats made, they relapse into silence and discomfort as they stoically await the arrival of one or the other party of
A. What is the setting of "The Interlopers," and how does the setting contribute to the mood of the story, the conflict between the main characters, and the story's ending?
B. How does the mood of "The Most Dangerous Game" change with the story's different settings, and how does that contribute to the story's level of suspense?
Your response is expected to be a minimum of 250 words.
Interlopers summary/ essay
Plot/ Setting This story of vendetta and reconciliation begins with a short history of conflict between two families in the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe. Ulrich von Gradwitz, the local nobleman, is …show more content…
Each is armed with a rifle, and each intends to use it because no interlopers will interfere, but not without some parting words of vengeance and hatred. Before either can speak, however, a sharp blast of wind tears from the ground the giant beech tree under which they stand, pinning them underneath. After the impact and first physical shock that leaves them speechless, Ulrich and Georg realize that they are both still alive, and they pick up their conflict in words rather than rifle shots. Each threatens the other with the possibility that his retainers will arrive first, in which case it will be easy for an “accident” to be arranged in which the tree will have apparently crushed the hapless victim, leaving the survivor free of the charge of murder. Their threats made, they relapse into silence and discomfort as they stoically await the arrival of one or the other party of