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    English Assignment (The Midnight Visitor)

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    The document discusses Ausable's encounter with an intruder named Max in his office late at night. It analyzes Ausable's description of a balcony connected to his room that convinces Max to leave. It also considers whether Ausable had a detailed plan from the beginning or improvised taking advantage of the situation. Based on the events, it determines Ausable likely did not have a premeditated plan and instead thought quickly on his feet, using a knock at the door and claiming it was the police to scare Max into jumping out the window.

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    English Assignment (The Midnight Visitor)

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    The document discusses Ausable's encounter with an intruder named Max in his office late at night. It analyzes Ausable's description of a balcony connected to his room that convinces Max to leave. It also considers whether Ausable had a detailed plan from the beginning or improvised taking advantage of the situation. Based on the events, it determines Ausable likely did not have a premeditated plan and instead thought quickly on his feet, using a knock at the door and claiming it was the police to scare Max into jumping out the window.

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    The document discusses Ausable's encounter with an intruder named Max in his office late at night. It analyzes Ausable's description of a balcony connected to his room that convinces Max to leave. It also considers whether Ausable had a detailed plan from the beginning or improvised taking advantage of the situation. Based on the events, it determines Ausable likely did not have a premeditated plan and instead thought quickly on his feet, using a knock at the door and claiming it was the police to scare Max into jumping out the window.

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    English Assignment (The Midnight Visitor)

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    Shubhanan Shukla
    The document discusses Ausable's encounter with an intruder named Max in his office late at night. It analyzes Ausable's description of a balcony connected to his room that convinces Max to leave. It also considers whether Ausable had a detailed plan from the beginning or improvised taking advantage of the situation. Based on the events, it determines Ausable likely did not have a premeditated plan and instead thought quickly on his feet, using a knock at the door and claiming it was the police to scare Max into jumping out the window.

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    English Assignment (The midnight visitor)

    Q1.) “Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had
    ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your
    opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring
    spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with
    that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction
    in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come
    across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you
    watched any movies featuring James Bond?)

    A1.) Secret agents in fiction are projected like ideal men, ‘Tall dark and
    handsome’. They are usually well-built and keep beautiful women for
    the company. They would smoke a pipe (like Sherlock Holmes) or a
    cigar and execute death-defying stunts (like James Bond). Movies based
    on James Bond show hi-tech gadgets that assist the detective in
    countering villains. However, there are some exceptions to this
    appearance of a secret agent also. A character named Feluda was created
    by Satyajit Ray, the famous Bengali filmmaker. Feluda was a tall
    athletic figure who relied on his superb analytical ability and observation
    skill.

    Q2.) How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a


    balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it.
    What makes it a convincing story?

    A2.) Ausable creates a detailed description of how his office was part
    of a bigger apartment and how the next room had a direct connection
    with a balcony. His statement that somebody else also broke into his
    office through that balcony earlier made it a convincing story. Ausable’s
    ability to think quickly and calmly in a situation of panic makes it
    convincing.
    Q3.) Looking back at the story, when do you think Ausable thought up
    his plan for getting rid of Max? Do you think he had worked out his plan
    in detail right from the beginning? Or did he make up a plan taking
    advantage of events as they happened?

    A3.) No, I don’t think that he had worked out his plan in detail earlier.
    He took advantage of events as they happened. Ausable made up a story
    of the balcony outside the room and as there was a knock at the door, he
    said that it would be the police. All these made Max desperate. He
    became restless and without seeing below, jumped out of the window.

    Name- Shubhanan Shukla


    Class- Xth ‘F’
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