please provide me with a character sketch of Evans and The Governor and Jackson from the story Evans Tries an O-level.

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Evans or James Roderick Evans was a prisoner in the Oxford Prison. He was known as ‘Evan the Break’. He was a sly but intelligent runaway prisoner. As a result people doubted his sincerity. As the Governor refers, he was a ‘congenital kleptomaniac’. He was not a typical criminal, neither violent nor harmful; rather he had a pleasing personality and was popular because he was very good at mimicry. He was even the member of the Christmas concert.
The Governor was a man who is proud of himself. He did not take silly and non sense things into consideration. He had a straight forward attitude. He was a determined man and that is why he personally took matter into his own hands by keeping a close eye on James's actions. However, he was weak in communication.

Jackson was an experienced and senior officer of the D wing in the prison. He was strict but tender-hearted as he allowed Evans to keep his lucky bobble cap and wished him good luck for his exam. This was despite the fact that he hated him and thought it would be good if he cut his throat while shaving and bleed to death. He had a string of Second World War medals on his coat.

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Evans:

Evans or?James Roderick Evans was a prisoner in the Oxford Prison. He tried to escape from the prison thrice and so was known as ?Evan the Break?. He was a sly but intelligent runaway prisoner. As a result people doubted his sincerity. As the Governor refers, he was a ?congenital kleptomaniac?. He was not a typical criminal, neither violent nor harmful; rather he had a pleasing personality and was popular because he was very good at mimicry. He was even the member of the Christmas concert. Evans wanted to give an exam on O-Level German and get some academic qualification. But it was another ploy to escape from the prison and the story centres around that examination and how he escapes.

Governor:

The Governor was a man who took his job very seriously, which was a little more than could be said about his colleagues and subordinates. There is no denying the fact that he knew very well the prisoners who were under him, most of all Evans. He suspects the latter to be up to something when he requests to take the O-Level examination, although he did admit the possibility that Evans was actually interested. The Governor's astuteness is evidenced by the precautionary measures he takes in rendering Evans harmless and his thorough search of?McLeery. However his astuteness bordered on paranoia, as he himself realised?after some time when he found himself imagining Evans to attempt a Batman?leap suffocating?McLeery?with a blanket. He begins unravelling when Evans escapes (or seems to anyway) despite all the precautions and he begins blaming his subordinates. He recovers eventually and manages to foil Evans's plan and the latter is visibly disheartened when he finds the Governor waiting for him at the Golden Lion. As he finds out, although a little late, the Governor had indeed been clever in working out the entire plan of Evans' for his first escape. However, in his exhilaration at having at last outsmarted Evans, he misses the fact that Evans had men even amongst the guards assigned to escort him back to prison - which is how he escapes for the final time.

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Dear student,

Evans:

Evans or James Roderick Evans was a prisoner in the Oxford Prison. He tried to escape from the prison thrice and so was known as 'Evan the Break'. He was a sly but intelligent runaway prisoner. As a result people doubted his sincerity. As the Governor refers, he was a congenital kleptomaniac. He was not a typical criminal, neither violent nor harmful; rather he had a pleasing personality and was popular because he was very good at mimicry. He was even the member of the Christmas concert. Evans wanted to give an exam on O-Level German and get some academic qualification. But it was another ploy to escape from the prison and the story centres around that examination and how he escapes.

Governor:

The Governor was a man who took his job very seriously, which was a little more than could be said about his colleagues and subordinates. There is no denying the fact that he knew very well the prisoners who were under him, most of all Evans. He suspects the latter to be up to something when he requests to take the O-Level examination, although he did admit the possibility that Evans was actually interested. The Governor's astuteness is evidenced by the precautionary measures he takes in rendering Evans harmless and his thorough search of McLeery. However his astuteness bordered on paranoia, as he himself realised after some time when he found himself imagining Evans to attempt a Batman leap suffocating McLeery with a blanket. He begins unravelling when Evans escapes (or seems to anyway) despite all the precautions and he begins blaming his subordinates. He recovers eventually and manages to foil Evans's plan and the latter is visibly disheartened when he finds the Governor waiting for him at the Golden Lion. As he finds out, although a little late, the Governor had indeed been clever in working out the entire plan of Evans' for his first escape. However, in his exhilaration at having at last outsmarted Evans, he misses the fact that Evans had men even amongst the guards assigned to escort him back to prison - which is how he escapes for the final time.

Regards