No two stories are alike, including the stories of Saki & Ernest Hemingway which are further separated by the use of literary devices, especially those conceived to provide the ironic nature of the two pieces. With the use of these literary elements the writer is able to retain the readers interest. What attracts ones attention is those so blatant contradictions where the speaker is blinded by his/her own words. These techniques facilitate the stories plot from beginning to end.
             To further exemplify Saki's stories, the use of irony is very recognizable in "The Interlopers." The literary device of setting promotes irony within the story by describing the surroundings and time which it is taking place. The story is set within the midst of winter, which ultimately leads to the interloper's death. Unexpectedly, "a mass of falling beech tree had thundered down on..." the two enemies. The irony in this is the hyperbola where the writer describes a substantially large tree branch falling on the two from the effects of the harsh and windy season. In general, this would not have been normal during any other time of the year. The enemies who "band together [each of] his foresters," during this winter season, "to... keep a look- out for the prowling thieves," have misplaced each of their positions within the inhabited forest. The setting introduces another aspect of irony here. The men, or interlopers, who claim the land to be theirs, are the ones trespassing amongst the animals in the forest. Consequently, the men discover the owners of the land as they lay their under the tree. "Who are they?" asked one of the men. "straining his eyes to see what the other would gladly not have seen. "Wolves." This becomes ironic in that the animals which prowl the land would bring them to their death.
             In comparison, the story of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"...