Land Ownership In Robert Frost's 'The Interlopers'

Taking possession of other peoples land is a quality of a person who is

While patrolling this strip of woodland one dark and stormy night, Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym found themselves face to face, only to have a heavy beech tree fall on them, trapping them both, leaving no limbs free to fire a gun for help or to dispatch the other, permanently.

In the mid-1700’s, not many people were granted the rights that they deserved. Of these rights, only few could vote and few could be educated. It was typical that white men were allowed to vote and were given the opportunity to become educated. This angered those who lacked these rights, which resulted in uproars within the nation. In an essay from a Maryland newspaper, a discussion of the injustice between owning land and having the right to vote is debated. Benjamin Rush wrote thoughts about giving women the chance at education. Living in the New World meant having rights as citizens and expressing instances of disagreement.

Both the European Americans and the American Indians have opposing views on the topic of land. European Americans believe that they have a right to own property and that God gave them that right. Although, the American Indians believe that no one has a right to own, sell, or buy land and that it came as a sacred gift from the Great Spirit. Wars and battles and been fought over these ideas of land. Was it really worth

Statements by Chief Tecumseh leads to further verification that the Indians felt wronged in the swapping of their land. Tecumseh states “we gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets and a grave.”(DBQ Doc 4)

The short story, “The Interlopers” by Saki, tells of Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, Two hunters who were destined to be enemies since `before they were born. Three generations ago, the Gradwitz family won a strip of precipitous woodland in a lawsuit against their neighbors, the Znaeym family. The Znaeym’s, in return, have held a grudge ever since. On a stormy winter night, Ulrich and his foresters are out on the land keeping watch for thieves, when Ulrich comes face to face with Georg. Before either man has time to move, a tree comes crashing down, both injuring and trapping them. At first both Ulrich and Georg claim that their men will be the first to find them and when they do, the other will die. But as more time passes, both find their hatred for each other decreasing and they decide to become friends. Sadly, after this miraculous event, both Ulrich and Georg are killed by wolves. Throughout the story, Saki uses irony, foreshadowing, and characterization to hold the reader’s interest.

“Well then with the power invested in me by the court of the forest, I hear by sentence you Timothy Barren to death for crimes against Mother Nature.” the toad judge said and then slammed his gable down on the rock he was perched upon, the sound echoing throughout the woods.

Some wanted to fight to keep the land that their family has lived on forever.

Robert Frost's 'Desert Places' is a testament to the harrowing nature of solidarity. By subjecting the narrator to the final moments of daylight on a snowy evening, an understanding about the nature of blank spaces and emptiness becomes guratively

Robert Frost’s approach to human isolation is always an interesting exploration. His poem of desertion and neglect paired with eternal hopefulness ignite the reader in his poem “The Census-Taker.” All of the elements of a Frost poem are in this particular poem. “The Census-Taker” must be from an earlier time in Frost’s career because the poem is written in an open, free verse similar to the style of his earlier 20th century poetry like “Mending Wall” and “After Apple-Picking.” Also, the language lacks the sophisticated word selection a reader of poetry might find in Wallace Stevens and instead uses simplicity to

In his poem 'Mending Wall', Robert Frost presents to us the thoughts of barriers linking people, communication, friendship and the sense of security people gain from barriers. His messages are conveyed using poetic techniques such as imagery, structure and humor, revealing a complex side of the poem as well as achieving an overall light-hearted effect. Robert Frost has cleverly intertwined both a literal and metaphoric meaning into the poem, using the mending of a tangible wall as a symbolic representation of the barriers that separate the neighbors in their friendship.

Now, when it came to ownership of the land the Native Americans were known for hunting so, they needed their hunting land as well as land to grow crops. They were open for sharing land, “The South’s native people had well-defined hunting territories, fishing grounds, and agricultural plots which they vigorously defended against encroachment. However, they did not regard land as property that could be transferred in perpetuity to another individual or group”. However, the Europeans did not think the land should be shared. So, when they came over they took the land away from the

“The problem of alienation is a pervasive theme in the classics of sociology, and the concept has a prominent place in contemporary work”(Seeman). Alienation is one of the biggest problems in the modern world today. From being alienated at work to your skin color, almost everyone has been alienated in some way or form. In many poems by the 20th century poet, Robert Frost, he focuses on different forces of alienation throughout the New England area. Robert, born in 1874, was raised in New England, stirring the fire for his poem. Many call him one of the best poets in American history. The majority of his poems start as simple word pictures, then move toward vivid and complex ideas. In the poems, Mending wall, Out Out, and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Frost expresses many types of alienation.

Robert Frost's "The Mending Wall" is a comment on the nature of our society. In this poem, Frost examines the way in which we interact with one another and how we function as a whole. For Frost, the world is often one of isolation. Man has difficulty communicating and relating to one another. As a result, we have a tendency to shut ourselves off from others. In the absence of effective communication, we play the foolish game of avoiding any meaningful contact with others in order to gain privacy.