My first Magazine A Face in the Dark, Ruskin Bond | Page 10

Answer (v): The story is set in the darkness of the night. It describes
strange and frightening encounter of Mr. Oliver who spots a faceless boy
in the eerie forest in the dark of the night. Panicked, he drops his torch
and in the dark starts running and bumps into the night watchman who
too is faceless. Mr. Oliver experiences supernatural incidents which
indicate that he might me holding deep rooted fear of spirits and ghosts
in the darkness of his subconscious mind.
The title ‘A Face in the Dark’ seems appropriate because darkness of the
night materialises Oliver’s deep-rooted fear of the supernatural which he
had been hiding in the darkness of his subconscious mind.