Evans Tries an O-Level
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All Themes Intelligence and Deception Instinct, Paranoia, and Pride Appearances vs. Reality Friendship
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All Characters The Governor James Evans Reverend Stuart McLeery Jackson Stephens The Assistant Secretary The Silent Prison Officer The German Teacher Carter Bell The Secretary
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All Symbols Evans’s Hat
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Evans Tries an O-Level

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Colin Dexter

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Intelligence and Deception Theme Icon
    Intelligence and Deception
  • Instinct, Paranoia, and Pride Theme Icon
    Instinct, Paranoia, and Pride
  • Appearances vs. Reality Theme Icon
    Appearances vs. Reality
  • Friendship Theme Icon
    Friendship
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • The Governor
  • James Evans
  • Reverend Stuart McLeery
  • Jackson
  • Stephens
  • The Assistant Secretary
  • The Silent Prison Officer
  • The German Teacher
  • Carter
  • Bell
  • The Secretary
Symbols
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  • Evans’s Hat Symbol Icon
    Evans’s Hat
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Evans’s Hat

Evans’s “filthy-looking red-and-white bobble hat” (a knit beanie with a big pom-pom jauntily perched on the top) symbolizes the way that Evans both fulfills and subverts people’s judgments of him based on his appearance…

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