If I Were You
If I Were You
Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
A.Intruder: Listen, this gun’s no toy. I can hurt you without killing you, and
still get my answers.
Gerard: Of course, if you put it like that, I’ll be glad to assist you. I do possess
a car, and it’s in the garage round the corner.
Intruder: That’s better. Do people often come out here?
Gerard: Very rarely. Surprisingly few people take the trouble to visit me.
There’s the baker and yourself.
Intruder: I happen to know that you never see trades people.
Q2. Do you think the intruder was smarter than Gerrard? Why/Why not?
Which quality of Gerrard made him smarter than the intruder?
Ans. The intruder was not more intelligent than Gerrard. He made an effort to
hear Gerrard out but was unsuccessful in getting more information from him.
Gerrard warned the intruder that he would undoubtedly be hanged because
he was Vincent Charles Gerrard even if he wasn’t executed for the murder. He
outwitted the invader by using his awareness of the situation.
He was duped by Gerrard, who eventually trapped him. Gerrard was calm and
showed the invader that he was smarter than him thanks to his tolerance,
patience, and sense of humour. These, in my opinion, are the traits that
everyone should strive to possess. The intruder, on the other hand, lacked
patience and was short-sighted. In his haste to avoid the punishment, he lost
his sense of logic and got trapped.