Question

Mr Oliver was not a nervous or imaginative man. How did the statement prove later in the story ( a face in the dark by Ruskin bond )

Answer 1

Oliver

Explanation:

• We see Mr. Oliver taking the usually lonely path through the pine forest while returning to the school compound from the Shimla bazaar even late at night.
• That only supports the narrator’s comment on him not being nervous.
• He is seemingly courageous enough to take that lonely way while other people are afraid of the eerie sound made by the wind through the pine forest.
• We also find Mr. Oliver’s common sense in carrying a torch with him.
• This expression conveys to the readers that Mr. Oliver did not “see” ominous things in the dark.
• He did not get was not afraid to walk through dark woods at night simply
• Because it was dark and scary.
• He was a pragmatic man who used the shorter route despite it being very dark.
• Thus, when he sees the faceless boy, the theme of supernatural is intensified.