The Interlopers

The theme of The Interlopers is friendship, survival, and suffering. All the words are connected in a way. The two men are enemies in the beginning and fight mon-stop. The symbolic meaning behind this story is that no matter what happens god is always watching over you, and to dig deeper into the symbolic meaning, when it comes down to it human nature says you'll do anything to survive. So when the two men were nearly crushed by the tree they hit survival mode and immediately band together in order to keep themselves alive. They do this so they do not suffer. Imagine being stuck under a tree alone, with no one to help you, with wolves lurking near by. I would rather the tree have killed me, otherwise I'd be overwhelmed with fear, anxiety, and helplessness. At the end of the day the moral or theme of this story is, cliché? Yes, but keep your friends close keep your enemies closer. The men needed eachother to survive, so being enemies I guess you could say the unfortunate event turned them to friends.