Examples Of Irony In The Interlopers

Have you ever been lead to expect one outcome, but then had the situation turn out in a completely different way? The Interlopers ending is ironic and surprising since the author, Saki, leads the reader to believe the story will end opposite of how it actually ends. In the short story, Ulrich’s and Georg’s families previous feud over hunting land causes tension and suspense. Their feud builds the story and specific details based on the action guides the audience to the unexpected resolution. Irony also helps to develop an unpredictable, surprising conclusion in The Interlopers. Readers expect for a positive ending, one in which Ulrich and Georg may become friends and help each other out. At first, there seem to be no common grounds between

At the end of The Interlopers, Ulrich and Georg both hope that their men would come first so they could show heroism to the other man, by rescuing them. While looking far out into the distance, Ulrich shouted, “They’re running down the hill towards us,” after he saw the figures moving rapidly towards himself and Georg (Saki 46). In confusion, Georg asks,”’Are they your men?’. . . ‘Who are they?’” then looks close, straining his eyes to see, “Wolves” racing towards them (Saki 46). Readers infer the conclusion’s irony since both Ulrich and Georg hope for their men to come first, but the wolves reach the men far before anyone else. In addition, suspense adds to the unanticipated ending when the men try to make out who or what Georg and Ulrich see coming towards them, which are the powerful, vicious wolves. Generally, The Interlopers conclusion becomes suspenseful and ironic since it drastically varies from the resolution the author persuades the audience to

Irony shown in the resolution is when Ulrich and Georg both think men have come to save them when they see dark silhouettes running in their direction. In reality, once the wolves arrive they eat and kill the men rather than save them as they hope. The author misleads the audience by including many sections in which Ulrich and Georg make up, recognize they must work as a team and agree to provide assistance to each other. Saki guides readers to assume the story will end with Ulrich and Georg helping each other out. Instead, she concludes the story with the men being devoured by wolves, in an ironic, suspenseful, and unpredictable