The second paragraph adds suspense to the situation described in the first by shifting the focus from a solitary hunter looking for game to Ulrich's more dangerous and personal quest for his human enemy. This shift introduces the notion that the forest, which initially seemed to be a place of natural danger, is also a setting for human conflict and hostility. The mention of the historical feud over land rights creates tension, as it hints at deeper stakes and animosities between Ulrich and the land that he patrols. As the reader learns about Ulrich's motivations and the weight of his actions, the suspense builds around the potential confrontation with his enemy, suggesting that something catastrophic could occur as a result of their long-standing rivalry. This foreshadowing heightens the tension, making it clear that the forest is not merely a backdrop but a crucible for the unfolding conflict.
How does the second paragraph add suspense to the situation described in the first The Interlopers paragraph? by Saki (1 point) 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 It suggests that something monstrous is waited for some beast of the woods to come within lurking in the forest, waiting to ambush the range of his vision, and, later, of his rifle. But the unwitting hunter. the game for whose presence he kept so keen an outlook was none that figured in the sportsman's It pauses in describing the current action calendar as lawful and proper for the chase; Ulrich to add background information that von Gradwitz patrolled the dark forest in quest of a heightens the tension of the conflict. human enemy. It demonstrates that Ulrich is in a The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent position of power from which he appears and well stocked with game; the narrow strip of likely to fall. precipitous woodland that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the game it harboured or the It makes the reader dislike Ulrich and shooting it afforded, but it was the most jealously hope that something bad will happen to guarded of all its owner's territorial possessions. A him in the forest. famous law suit, in the days of his grandfather, had wrested it from the illegal possession of a neighbouring family of petty landowners; the dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the
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