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Lesson no. 19, Dusk, Comprehension, Answer the following questions briefly:, Where was Gortsby sitting??, Ans: Gortsby was sitting on a bench in an almost deserted park., What time of the day was it? How do you know?, Ans: It was dusk/ twilight hour of the day as apparent from the faint moonlight and the many street lamps., What was Gortsby doing there?, Ans: Gortsby was sitting in the park lost in a musing; imagining, observing and labeling the people he saw in the park., What did he think of the other people in the park?, Ans: Norman Gortsby didn't have a positive opinion of the general public or himself. His mood matched the dusk or the settling darkness. He saw honest, hardworking people walking past him as 'the defeated', What did he mean by ‘ bat-fashion’?, Ans: It means that the people came out only after dusk., According to Gortsby, what was the old man like?, Ans: Gortsby assume that the old man was poor and lives a difficult life. He even thinks that the old man didn’t have anyone to look after him., Who occupied the place vacated by the old man?, Ans: After the old man left his place was occupied by a young man who seem to be in distraught., What was his problem?, Ans: The young man was in a fix. He was new in London and had also forgotten the name of the hotel or the street it was in. The young man had only a little money left with him as well., What did Gortsby find after the young man had left?, Ans: Gortsby found a small oval packet containing soap after the young man left., How did Gortsby feel? What did he do?, Ans: Gortsby felt guilty for judging, doubting the young man’s story. Because of his guilt he seek out the young man, lend him some money and gave him his card., What happened when he returned to the bench?, Ans: He saw the gentleman from earlier poking and peering beneath the bench looking for something., Answer the following questions in detail:, Write a character sketch on Gortsby., Ans: Norman is a young man and has a lot to learn about human nature and reality. He is quite an observer of humanity but has not yet digested what he has observed. ... He was inclined to take a cynical pleasure in observing the "men and women, who had fought and lost." He is also prejudicial and arrogant in a way as he judges people’s character without fully knowing them, Doyou think Gortsby believe the young man’s story? Give examples from the story to support your answer., Ans: At first Gortsby didn’t believe in the young man’s story as he told the later that the weak part in his story was the non existence of the shop which meant that the young man could be lying. Later on when the young man left he found a packet containing a soap.Feeling guilty for judging, doubting the young man’s story. Because of his guilt he seek out the young man, lend him some money and gave him his card. When he came back he met the old gentleman from earlier to his surprise the soap belonged to the old man.