Question

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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
The third one sat in tattered clothes.
He gave his coat a hitch.
Why should his log be put to use
To warm the idle rich?
The rich man just sat back and thought
Of the wealth he had in store,
And how to keep what he had earned
From the lazy, shiftless poor.
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The black man's face bespoke revenge
As the fire passed from his sight.
For all he saw in his stick of wood
Was a chance to spite the white.
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What is meant by “tattered clothes"? What does this expression symbolise?
Why does the "third one” give his coat a hitch?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Here is your answer mate, it's from "The Cold Within"

Explanation:

'Tattered clothes' means, that the third person who was a poor one was so poor that he couldn't afford good clothes to wear. This expression symbolises the dark, poor, side of a country which is genuine and pure as we can see that the poor person pulls his piece of log back.

The third person gives his coat a hitch because he shows a 'no interest' in sharing his piece of log of wood as a fuel to fire that could keep the group alive.

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