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jkms
jkms
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High School - 12th Grade

What are the different settings in the story, "The Interlopers," by Saki?

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Posted by jkms on Thursday October 15, 2009 at 6:09 PM and tagged with setting.

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  1. bullgatortail
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    The entire short story, "The Interlopers," by Saki (H. H. Munro), takes place in a wooded forest in the Carpathian (or Karpathian) Mountains that extend through parts of the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and the Ukraine. "The Interlopers" does not specify in which country it takes place. The characters do cover several different parts of the forest, however; part of the story takes place on a crest of a hill (where Ulrich has placed his ambushers) before Ulrich wanders down into the undergrowth below. These are the only two settings in the story, although Ulrich and Georg joke about entering the local market square together after they have reunited. Of course, they will never get the chance.

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Mountains

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    Posted by bullgatortail on Thursday October 15, 2009 at 6:32 PM