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 He asked him to answer his questions. Then he told him that he intended to
kill him and then live in his house as Gerrard

 Gerrard told the intruder that he was also a criminal and a murderer. In
case, he killed Gerrard, he was sure to be hanged.
 They would hang him if not as himself then as Gerrard.

 Gerrard asked him to hurry and ran with him in his car to a safer place.

 In the pretext of leaving through garage he asks him to enter its doorway
which was actually doorway to a cupboard.

 Gerrard locks him in that cupboard.

 Then he calls for the sergeant.

Character Sketch (to be done in classwork notebook)
1. The intruder

The intruder is a scoundrel, a confirmed criminal who makes
intriguing plans to dodge the police. He has evil intentions and

makes crafty plans to achieve his aims. Cold blooded and cruel
as he is, he does not hesitate from murdering innocent people
for his selfish gains. But his wickedness cannot sustain him for
long.
The intruder is a criminal who had been eluding the police ever
since he killed a cop. Having no remorse for the crime he has
committed, he is further sinking in the mire of criminal activities.
Over confidence makes him feel that he has brilliant plan of
murdering Gerrard and escaping the law by impersonating him.

However, he is soon out- witted by Gerrard and he

unsuspectingly walks into the latter’s trap. All his tall claims
about his intelligence prove to be hollow. This heartless and
hardened criminal meets a befitting punishment.

2. Gerrard

Gerrard, the protagonist of “If I were You” is portrayed as a man
of many virtues. He is endowed with brilliant wit, a sharp mind,