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Evans Tries An O-Level
Objective: To make the students aware of the theme and plot of the chapter.
RE Tools : IT, Artist Image, Think, Share @ Pair.
Material required: PPT, Pictures, Chart etc.
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Norman Colin Dexter
Born -
September 29th
,1930
Stamford , United Kingdom
Crime writer : contemporarySlide3
Before You Read
Should criminals in prison be given the opportunity of learning and education?Slide4
While You Read
Read Ideas & not words
Read in context
Learn to read & read to learn
Software(Mind it) Hardware(of story)
1 Predict 1 Point of View
2 Question 2 People
3 Visualize 3 Place
4 Connect 4 Plot
5 Evaluate 5 PithSlide5
O - LEVEL ?
! Evans - extra - ordinarily clever !
1. O – Level - Ordinary Level ( the lowest of three levels of standardized British Exam in a secondary school subject)
Other Levels
2. A – Level - Advanced Level
3. S – Level - Scholarship Le
vel Slide6
Point of View
Narrative styles-who is telling us d story
Third Person Point Of View
Author’s point of viewSlide7
PEOPLE
1
. The Secretary of the Examination Board
2. The Governor of HM Prison Oxford
3. James Roderick Evans
4. Evans German Teacher from so-called Technical College(actually his accomplice)
5. Jackson-Senior Prison Officer , HM Prison Oxford
6. Stephens-Newly recruited Prison officer
7. Reverend Stuart
Mcleery
-Parson from St. Mary
Mags
Church as Invigilator in conducting Exam
8.
Mr
Carter , Detective Superintendent
9. Chief Inspector Bell from St
Aldates
Police Station
10. Evans accomplice acting as
Mcleery
& also as Driver of Prison Van, having Broad Scott Accent
11. Evans accomplice –pretty Blonde Receptionist in Golden Lion Hotel
Evans accomplice acting as Silent Prison officer at d end of story
13 So-called Assistant Secretary(actually Evans accomplice) of the Exam Board providing Correction Slip Slide8
Evans : What a actor of a character !
No serious criminal record
Congenital kleptomaniac
Pleasant sort of chap (by Governor)
Evans the jail break(prison officers call)
Our little Einstein (by Jackson)
Mathematician ( by Stephens)
Insight into human psychologySlide9
Evans Accomplice
1. So called German Teacher from so – called Technical college .
2. Man with Broad Scott Accent impersonating as
Mcleery
– parson from St. Mary
Mags
acting as Invigilator , and also Driver of prison van in the end of the story .
3. Pretty Blonde Receptionist at Golden Lion Hospital .
4. Man acting as Silent Prison Officer of the Prison van at the end of the story.Slide10
Pretty Blonde Receptionist at Reception in Golden Lion Hotel
(Evans Accomplice)Slide11
Prison Officers
Mr. Jackson
Displays
Π
ww
Medals on his ChestTiny core of comparison in heart Addresses Evans as old son
Senior Prison Officer on the D-wing in HM oxford prison
Warm enemy with Evans
Mr. Stephens
1. Newly
recuited
2. Burly – surly looking
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Governor :HM Prison,Oxford
Good –for-a –giggle, gullible Governor Slide13
PLACE
HM Prison, Oxford
Evans Cell in HM Prison Oxford
Elsfield
Way : where Exam Board is
Redcliffe
Hospital : where injured
Mcleery
is to be taken in Ambulance
Newbury : where Evans is supposed to be escaped
(middle of)Chipping Norton : where Hotel Golden Lion liesSlide14
PLOT
sequence of Events
Exam fixed
Evans Cell turned into Exam centre
Exams conducted
Evans Escape
Alert sounded, Police comes into action
Governor catches Evans in Golden Lion Hotel
Evans escapes again in Prison Van with d help of his accomplice Slide15
PITH:Moral:Essence
Never be over – confident
Never under – estimate your enemies
Battle of wits between crime and punishment
Hasty conclusions blurs clear thinking / evident facts
How the prisoner outsmarts the prison – authorities
Try
try
again till you succeedSlide16
Exam Fixed!
(in early March)
Examination: German O-Level Exam
Day n Date: Tuesday 8
th
June
Time: 9.15 A.M.—10.15 A.M.(started 10 min. late)
Venue: Evans Cell
Candidate:1-James Roderick Evans
Invigilator: Parson
Mcleery
from St. Mary
Mags
Preparation : got individual tuitions from German tutor since last Sept. : Night Classes
Sponsored by : HM Prison, Oxford AuthoritiesSlide17
Evans –D Great Manipulator
Evans Make-up Material brought by his accomplice impersonating as
Mcleery
:
False Beard
a pair of spectacles
a dog collar
sticking plaster
a dog collar
Clerical Paraphernalia
Things he managed/provided with:
1. Razor Blade
2. Grey Regulation Blanket
3. Filthy looking red n white woolen Bobble HatSlide18
Evans Cell Searching/Exam Room Setting
Things
Removed
:
1. Razor
2. Nail Scissors
3. Nail-file
4. Paper-Knife
Room
set/things
added
1. Two small square table set between Bunk n distempered wall
2. Two hard chairs
3. Cell bugged(small listening device concealed)Slide19
Time – Line
Exam Conduct and Interruptions
Time
DATE- 8:30 PM
Monday, 7 June
- 8:30 AM
Tuesday, 8 June
HappeningIncidents
German Teacher wishes good luck (8:15 AM – Steady drizzle).
Mr. Jackson and Mr. Stephens visits Evans cell inspects and exam sitting arrangements made .Slide20
Time
DATE – 8:45 AM
Tuesday , 8 June
DATE – 9:10 AM
Tuesday, 8 June
DATE- 9:12 AM
Tuesday, 8 June
Happening Incidents
Reverend Stuart
Mcleery
left his bachelor flat in Broad Street and Stepped out briskly towards
Carfax
.
Receiver switched on by Governor (Evans cell bugged)
Governor calls Jackson to examine
Mcleery
(Stephens examines him).Slide21
Mcleery
Small Brown Suitcase
1. Sealed Question paper Envelope .
2. A yellow Invigilation form .
3. A special authentication card from
Exam Boards.
4. Paper knife .
5. Bible .
6. Current copy of The Church Times
.Slide22
Time
DATE -9:25 AM
Tuesday , 8 June
DATE – 9:40 AM
Tuesday , 8 June
Happening Incidents
Exam starts (10 minutes late).
Assistent
Secretary , Examinations Board , told for correction slip. Governor fears fake call(Escape Location – Golden Lion informed) Slide23
CORRECTION SLIP
tells
Where to Slip (i.e. escape)
German wording corrected to :
Zum
golden
Lowen
Actually implies
Golden Lion
Hotel
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Answer Sheet Codes:
Paper Index No-313
Centre No-271
which implies six figures-313/271 referring to
middle of chipping Norton as per Ordnance Survey Map of
Oxfordshire
ESCAPE LOCATION-Golden Lion in d middle of Chipping Norton Slide24
Time
DATE -10:45 AM
Tuesday , 8 June
DATE – 10:50AM
Tuesday , 8 June
Happening Incidents
Stephens looks through peep –hole at 1 minute .Intervals found Evans having pen between his lips , Staring.
Governor overhears Evans seeking permission from
Invigilator to put on grey regulation blanket around his shoulders.Slide25
Stephens looks through peephole at 1 min. intervals into Evans cell-finds him sitting having pen between his lipsSlide26
Time
DATE -10:51AM
Tuesday , 8 June
DATE – 11:20AM
Tuesday , 8 June
Happening Incidents
Stephens sees Evans in blanket , still staring.
The Receiver crackled again in Governor chamber .
Mcleery
informed Evans that only five minutes remained.Slide27
Time
DATE -11:22 AM
Tuesday , 8 June
DATE – 11:25AM
Tuesday , 8 June
Happening Incidents
Jackson shouted along the corridor to Stephens . Governor ordered Stephens to accompany
Mcleery
to the main prison gates .(Fake call)
The Governor heard the final exchange between
Mcleery
and Evans. Examination over.Slide28
Pig’s Blood from Slaughter House of Kidlington
brought in smallish semi-inflated rubber ring (sitting purpose) on the pretext of suffering from
Haemorrhiods
:
Mcleery
Suitcase item
3.8 %
Trisodium
citrateSlide29
Detective Superintendent Carter in White Police Car-swings into action-Evans Search on;
Drops injured
Mcleery
near exam Board on
Elsfield
Way to be picked up by Radcliffe Hospital AmbulanceSlide30
Ambulance suppose to pick injured Mcleery
(Evans) from
Elsfield
Way to Radcliffe Hospital but Evans impersonated as
Mcleery
slips awaySlide31
Evans Has the Last LaughSlide32
One-line Summary of the Story
:
The theme of the story is a clever escape planned by a convict on the pretence of taking a language exam in the prison. The convict even after being caught, still has the last laugh and makes his escape.Slide33
Comprehension CheckSlide34
It’s not the end,
it’s the beginning
Read to enjoy the story