That Evening Sun Study Guide

The story starts with the narrator (whose name we do not learn until later in the story) comparing Monday morning in modern Jefferson to the Jefferson of his youth 15 years before. He starts by describing how Jefferson has been modernized with the addition of paved streets, power lines and the cutting down of trees. He also notes how laundry is now picked up and delivered by professionals in trucks or by "Negro" women who drive cars. (read more)