Saki's "The Intruders" vs. Callaghan's "All the Years of His Life" In the story The Intruders, Saki writes about two families who have been feuding for generations. He writes about how the "intruders" prevent them from competing and eventually cause them to become friends just minutes before they are eaten by wolves. He does this using dramatic irony. Through the character's words, he tells us what the two will do when they return to town, now that they are friends. This leads you to believe that the feud is over and everything is fine. But the author then lets the characters be eaten by wolves; unlike the resolution which could be concluded from the explanation and/or foreshadowing of the resolution. Saki's purpose in writing this story was probably to convey that one should not hold grudges for long, especially without knowing the reason, otherwise it might be too late. to apologize. His unorthodox writing style, however, achieves his goal. The characters in his story eventually reconcile, but then they are eaten and don't get to break the news to their families. If you could continue the story, you could probably assume that then the families continued to quarrel. Morley Callaghan's story All the Years of Her Life, on the other hand, contrasts greatly with The Interlopers in this area. In the story All the Years of Her Life, Callaghan tells of a young boy who works in a thrift store and is one day caught stealing merchandise. Middle of paper ...... to humble oneself in order to solve the problem. I thought Trespassers was a well written story, the plot was good. They liked the author's goal and how he chose to achieve his goal. Dramatic irony teaches me (the reader) a moralistic lesson: do not hold grudges, because you do not know your destiny and may never have the opportunity to apologize. On the other hand, all the years of his life I thought it was a pretty boring story. It's well written but lacks originality in the plot. The author did more than foreshadow the ending, he simply laid it out on the table for you; enough to at least anticipate what would happen in the end. That's why it didn't catch my attention as a reader either..