The Interlopers Saki (H.H. Munro)

In the short stories “The Lottery” and “The Interlopers,” the authors Shirley Jackson and Saki (respectively) use pacing, text structure, and strong moods to build suspense. Through the use of the literary elements mentioned above, the reader is...

In a forest of mixed growth somewhere on the eastern spurs of the Karpathians, a man stood one winter night watching and listening, as though he waited for some beast of the woods to come within the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle....

In the short story, “The Interlopers,” Saki describes that feuds are never really worth it, and people should just get along. Many people don’t understand how ridiculous it is to fight with another person for reasons almost unknown to both. These...