Abstract:
The Interlopers is a masterpiece of Saki,who is known as one of best British short-story writers.The novel is intelligently embedded with various images,each of which conveys multi-layered meanings.Of these typical images,forest lands,falling beech,wolves and interlopers are analyzed to unveil the profound philosophical implications and his feat in employing images.The multi-layered conflicts behind the multi-layered images reveal the practical lessons to the individuals and the whole human being.