The Interlopers. Holt Elements of Literature, Third Course, edited by Kylene Beers and Lee Odell, Holt, 2005, pp. 151-5. Print. The Interlopers uses a good example of plot and characters. The characters in the story are perfect because without the characters the plot wouldn’t be the same, the characters depend on the plot. So, the plot is The main characters are fighting over land, then later there trapped under a tree. But later in the story they turned into friends. So, in the beginning in the story you see just two enemies hating each other, and then they suddenly get trapped under a tree and they become friends. You can also assume the tree is a good quality of a symbol because without the tree the story would be so different. So this story shows, good qualities of characters, plot, and