Set-III
(a) How does the writer make the supernatural look natural in the story 'A Face in the Dark' ?
(b) What is your impression of Mr Oliver, the Anglo-Indian teacher, in the story 'A Face in the Dark'?
(c) Explain the para-normal experience of the school teacher as given in Ruskin Bond's story 'A Face in the Dark.'
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Answer:
1) How does the writer make supernatural look natural in the story “A Face in the Dark” ?
Answer:
Supernatural or paranormal experiences are beyond all logic and reasoning. Ruskin Bond has told a story by mixing the natural details with the supernatural. The setting is quite natural.
The whole story revolves around an Anglo-Indian teacher in a public school at Simla. The teacher is a bachelor and often wanders away to the nearby town in the evening. He returns at night through a dark pine forest. Darkness of the forest adds to the atmosphere of mystery, suspense and horror. The loneliness is another factor which accentuates the element of horror. The repetition of a hollow face – without eyes, ears and mouth – plays on the reader’s nerves and makes him shudder.
2)What is your impression of Mr Oliver, the Anglo-Indian teacher, in the story, “A Face in the Dark” ?
Answer:
Mr Oliver is teaching in a famous public school at Simla. He is a normal kind of teacher who takes interest in his students and is quite active in his routine. He often visits the Simla Bazaar which is full of hustle and bustle because of its cinemas and restaurants. Being a bachelor, Mr Oliver has hardly any company in the evening. In order to get over his loneliness he strolls out to the Simla Bazaar and often returns at night through the dark pine forest. This shows that he is a daring man without any nervousness or irrational fear. He always carries his torch in order to see through the darkness of the forest. Still, he experiences a paranormal incident on a particular night when he sees a school boy sitting on the dark rocks in the forest. This meeting unnerves not only the teacher but also the reader of the story.
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Set-III
(a) How does the writer make the supernatural look natural in the story 'A Face in the Dark' ?
(b) What is your impression of Mr Oliver, the Anglo-Indian teacher, in the story 'A Face in the Dark'?
(c) Explain the para-normal experience of the school teacher as given in Ruskin Bond's story 'A Face in the Dark.'