Saki

Hector Hugh Munro, penname Saki, was born to Col. Augustus Munro in December of 1870. Having been born in Burma, he was soon sent to England to be raised by his two aunts. He began to write after being released from the Burmese Mounted Police. Saki is known for his numerous short stories which generally satirize English society in a comical manner. These stories often include cruel twists and jokes played on characters and, are quite often filled with irony. Sometimes Saki will go as far as to use extensive animal imagery as well as supernatural occurrences (Saki (1870-1916), An Introduction to). The major themes of Saki’s writing consisted of a thorough analysis and dismantling of social practices of Victorian and Edwardian England…

Different Enemies in Saki’s “Interlopers” In the short story, “Interlopers”, by Saki, a huge theme is that there will never be permanent enemies in the world. This theme is first proven when Ulrich von Gradwitz is first shown in the forest, hunting for an enemy by the name of Georg Znaeym whose family stole and trespassed on his family’s land for generations: “a long series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embedded the relationships between the families for three generations” (Saki…

Throughout the short story, “The Interlopers”, author Saki creates a valuable lesson that forgiving and forgetting is better than holding grudges and remembering. The author, Saki, created a situation for the two main characters, Georg and Ulrich, from his short story, “The Interlopers”. For example, this situation causes a violence between these two characters. In addition, Ulrich was a former landowner and Georg was trespassing on his land and using Ulrich’s land for himself. Also known as…

Have you ever been scared to death? In “The Open Window” by Saki, he writes about a man who goes to a house to get help for his anxiety. He meets a young teenage girl named Vera, who tells him that the reason the window is always kept open is because her aunt’s husband and sons went on a hunting trip near the swamp and never returned. Mrs. Sappleton still waits for them by keeping the window open. Vera had actually fibbed about the whole story so when Vera’s family really does come back from the…

Along with “Fences”, many other texts also show manipulation occurring from grudges, revenge and feuds. In the short story “The Interlopers” by Saki, two characters, Ulrich and Georg had bitterness over the judgement of a piece of forest land in the Carpathians and who it had belonged too. One evening, the two men had met in the forest in a treacherous storm and a huge tree had feel upon them and crushed them. While being stuck, they both debated on how both their men would find them first, save…

The story “The Interlopers” written by Saki is also connected with Nietzsche’s philosophy on Apollo and Dionysus, which are central themes within his first major work, The Birth of Tragedy. I am going to argue that the Apollonian and Dionysian philosophy can describe not only humans and that someone can go from Dionysus to Apollo with just a few words. I am going to argue this despite the fact that in general this philosophy is applied on human beings, yet relating it with “The Interlopers”.…

Saki, the author of the short story, “The Interlopers,” tells the story of a feud between two, blood thirsty landowners. His purpose was to demonstrate that because the landowners were so concerned with being more powerful, they did not see the dangers at hand. He uses the setting, theme, tone, and syntax to show the motif of power to his adult readers. Saki utilizes the setting of his short story to disclose the theme of man over man. The land that the two main characters, Ulrich and…

Saki, in another name Hector Hugh Munro was a British writer and master of the short story form and his works were often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. He influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Caroll and Rudyard Kipling and also he influenced to the other authors, such as A. A. Milne and P. G. Wodehouse. Saki was Munro’s pen name and inspiration of his pen name came from the boyish cupbearer in “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” by Edward FitzGerald. However, Saki may refer to a South American…

In the story Open Window by Saki the characters all have things about them that help in the theme of deception. The story has a funny aspect for the readers to enjoy the interaction of the characters. Deception has many prongs so not just the one deceiving takes part in the act. This story is a great way to show that all the characters take part in deception because of their total opposite personalities. The three characters in this story are Vera, Mrs. Sappleton, and Framton Nuttel, each one of…

Do you have a tradition? Do you practice your tradition? Saki and Frost show us that not all traditions are worth practicing in Mending wall and the Interlopers. Mending wall is about a man and his neighbor who have to rebuild their wall every year, because it gets knocked down by hunters and snow and this wall is there tradition. In interlopers it's about two families with traditional hate but in the end they come together to help each other but they die to wolves. Saki and Frost use…