The Interlopers by Saki

1. The Interlopersby Saki Feature Menu Introducing the Story Literary Focus: Omniscient Narrator Literary Focus: Surprise Endings Reading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading

2. The Interlopersby Saki

3. The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles. Anton Chekhov The InterlopersIntroducing the Story

4. Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym are sworn enemies. What happens when these two armed enemies come face to face in the woods on a winter night? The InterlopersIntroducing the Story [End of Section]

5. An omniscient narrator The InterlopersLiterary Focus: Omniscient Point of View • is not a character in the story • knows everything about all the characters in the story • can reveal characters’ thoughts and actions • can zoom from place to place • may tell all or save information until the end [End of Section]

6. A surprise ending resolves a story’s conflict in a totally unexpected way. The InterlopersLiterary Focus: Surprise Endings • The ending, while surprising, is still logical. • The unexpected ending may make you rethink the story. [End of Section]

7. When you encounter a difficult sentence or passage, try one of these strategies. The InterlopersReading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading • Use context clues to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words. Context clues may • give the word’s definition • restate the word’s meaning in a different way • provide an example • show comparison or contrast

8. The InterlopersReading Skills: Monitoring Your Reading When you encounter a difficult sentence or passage try one of these strategies. • Break long sentences into simpler ones. • Look for the subject and the verb. • Stop to rephrase or summarize. • Finally, take time to re-read. [End of Section]