1. The author contrasts the characters into making the theme by making them different if they both were the same then there would be no story they actually probably be best friends
2. One theme of the text is make friends while you can.
3. There were many things that caused Ulrich's and Georg's demise first they fought over land for decades. then they tried to kill each other.
4. The Theme of the text develops over the story by showing that at the when you don't work as a team nothing gets done but sadly it took the characters to long notice that so they still died anyways.
5. Ulrich developed over the text by in the beginning he was just like the other character fighting with his neighbor. Then when they both got stuck under a tree he changed and wanted to be friends with Georg
