Analysis Of The Interlopers By Saki

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Throughout the short story, “The Interlopers,” author Saki, creates a conflict between the two main characters, Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, over who should get a piece land. If Ulrich and Georg would have fixed their friendship in the beginning they would not have had to worry about killing each other or where the other one was at all times on the property. Perhaps if the two friends would have fixed their problems it could have created more problems after the fact if they didn’t agree on different things. Finally if they would have made up earlier they could have been great friends and shared the land. In an attempt to fix their friendship they should have talked it out and resolved their problems sooner. The two enemies would

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