Dusk – Basic Understanding

1. Where does the story take place?

2. From whose point of view is the story narrated?

3. What time does the story take place?

4. Why does Norman Gortsby feel that dusk is the “hour of the defeated”?

5. What has happened to Norman, that made him feel defeated?

6. What does Norman think about the old man sitting next to him? That he–

7. What is the young man’s problem?

8. What item does the young man go out to buy and then loses?

9. What does Norman do to make sure the young man’s story is true?

10. Norman doesn’t buy the young man’s story, because he –

11. What literary device is used when Norman says, “Dusk was the hour of the defeated”?

12. What can be told about Norman’s character from his actions in the story?

13. What is the message of the story?

14. What is the overall tone of the story?

15. Norman finds the soap beneath the bench. This is important because –

12. What can be told about Norman’s character from his actions in the story?

17. What does dusk symbolize in the story?

17. What does dusk symbolize in the story?

19. What can be inferred about the young man’s character based on his actions and story in “Dusk”?

20. What best describes the theme of the story?