Situational Irony Used In The Interlopers

An element of literature in The Interlopers is situational irony. Irony is the contrast between an actual outcome and what the reader or the characters expect. Irony is important to this story because a major family conflict would have ended, but an event occurred and changed that. Irony is in the interlopers when the wolves came and ate the men. When Georg says, “I will be your friend” it was major irony (Saki 309). The whole story the reader thought that the two men would surely kill each other when they met, but they made up. Also, when Ulrich said “Wolves” there is a turning point fueled by Irony (Saki 310). Another element in The Interlopers is setting. Setting is time and pace in which the action occurs. The setting is important because it is connected to the tone, mood, and Irony. The setting in the story is shown majorly when the tree falls in the cold, windy night. It was dark and cold “One winter night” also set the mood by making it dark and suspicious which makes the setting better (Saki 304). The quote describes the temperature, time, and amount sunlight. The tree, “Falling beech tree” was a major part of the setting. The tree falling worked

The setting is one of the most important elements because it stimulates all of your senses to describe itself. The beginning part of the story started, “It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born yet” (Hurst 554). This describes the time of year, but it also lets you picture the type of year and lets your senses flow. The setting is described so well in this quote because the whole story is based on it. Also, a little later in the story setting is described by, “Where the palmetto fronds whispered by the stream.”(Hurst 556). This quote describes the swamp which is very important because most of the story took place here. It stimulates your hearing, sight, and smell by describing the palmetto fronds and how it