Subject and Theme in “The Interlopers” This activity will help you meet these educational goals:
You will identify and evaluate the subject and themes revealed in the “The Interlopers.”

Directions
Read the instructions for this self-checked activity and type in your response. Type in your response to each question, and check your answers. At the end of the activity, write a brief evaluation of your work.

Activity
You read Saki’s short story “The Interlopers.” You also learned the ways in which subjects and themes differ and the techniques that authors use to express theme. In the next task, you will use these skills to evaluate “The Interlopers.”

Part A
Consider what you have learned about subject and theme in literature. What is the subject, and what is one central theme in this story? How does the author introduce and develop this theme throughout the text?

increase soil erosion                                             reduce soil erosion

cattle grazing                                                         hydroseeding

deforestation                                                         contour plowing

                                                                                planting vegetation

plant roots basically hold the top soil

together and stop soil erosion because

in such situation top soil is not removed

during flood but cattle grazing causes

soil erosion because cattle consume the

grasses and herbs and top soil is exposed.

same situation occurs because of

deforestation, the trees and plants are cut

down to expose top soil which causes soil

erosion

as the gila monster consumes the eggs or young of the desert cottontail and gambel's quail, thus its main food supply is only accessible for a restricted time duration every year. however, for this, the gila monsters exhibit three adaptations, which elevate their survival rate in the desert condition.  

first, is that they possess huge bodies, and can consume greater concentrations of food during a small period. secondly, they require to feed infrequently as they can accumulate fat in their tails. ultimately, their rate of metabolism is very low, so that they can burn their reservoirs of fat gradually.  

it provides an alternative energy pathway for the reaction to proceed.

a catalyst is a substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction but is not consumed during the course of the reaction.

catalysts increase the rate of reaction without being used up. they do this by lowering the activation energy needed. with a catalyst, more collisions result in a reaction, so the rate of reaction increases. different reactions need different catalysts.

a catalyst works by providing an alternative reaction pathway to the reaction product. the rate of the reaction is increased as this alternative route has a lower activation energy than the reaction route not mediated by the catalyst.