Question

What is meant by tattered clothes?what does this expression symbolise?why does the third one give his coat a hitch?

Answer 1

Answer:

tattered clothes mean torn and old clothes. This expression symbolizes that the third person was a poor man. He gave his coat a hitch because he doesn't want to use his log to warm the idle rich.

Explanation:

Here is a person who seems poor. His tattered (old and torn) clothes in the cold weather hint at poverty. He perhaps felt the cold more than the others as we notice that ‘he gave his coat a hitch’ —adjusting it closer to his body to wry out some warmth from the inadequate clothing. But here too is a dead end. We see that he is a victim of classism — or discrimination based on social or economic class — considering those favorably placed than him to be ‘idle’. He is defensive and in his eyes, the rich do not deserve his meager ration and he will not part with his stick.

Answer 2

Answer:

tattered clothes mean torn and old clothes this expression symbolise that the third person was poor mam. He doesn't give his log to give warm idel rich people....