Question: Write a paragraph about a ‘Street Hawker’. Your paragraph should include the answers to the following questions.
- Who is a street hawker?
- What sort of man is a street hawker?
- What do you know about his dress?
- How is his appearance?
- How does a lie attract the attention of the customers?
- What does he do usually?
- Where does he usually live?
- What does he usually sell?
- When does a street hawker come out to sell his things?
- How is his way of living? Or, how is his economic condition? Or, how is his lifestyle?? Or, how does he earn his livelihood?
Answer: A street hawker is a person who sells various things by moving from street to street. He is a self-employed person. He is the most familiar figure in the cities and towns. In a village, he is also seen. He wears a peculiar dress of different colors and makes a peculiar sound to draw the attention of his customers. His work is tiresome. He carries his materials on his head, sometimes in hand, sometimes in a bag, and sometimes in a small handcart. He generally buys his goods at a cheaper rate and sells them at a good profit. His goods are mainly attracted to women and children. He usually sells toys, cosmetics, ready-made garments, utensils, sweets, ribbons, fruits, etc. Generally, in the absence of the housemaster, he comes to sell his goods. He adopts different techniques to convince his customers. He claims that his products are the best in quality. As children are his good customers, he maintains good communication with them. However, although a street hawker works hard, he does not earn much. He has a very small capital and earns little. So, he maintains his family with great hardship. We should respect him because he earns his living by the sweat of his brow.
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A Street Hawker
Question: Write a paragraph about ‘A Street Hawker’ by answering the questions below.
- Who is a street hawker?
- What does a street hawker do?
- How does he attract the attention of his customers?
- When does he move?
- How does he behave with his customers?
Answer: A street hawker is a person who sells various things by hawking from street to street. A street hawker is usually found in big towns and cities. He buys goods at a cheap rate but sells them at a higher price. He is a very clever man. He knows well how to attract people, especially children and women. He behaves very politely. He can convince his customers with his attractive behavior. Usually, he sells toys, biscuits, chocolates, candy etc for the children. For the women, he brings bangles, ribbons, safety pins, garments, and other necessary articles for domestic use. A street hawker sometimes cheats on his customers. Very often he plays tricks and makes his customers confused. A street hawker carries his articles on his head on his shoulder or in a push cart. He moves along the roads shouting and calling the names of different items to attract the attention of his customers. A street hawker usually comes at a time when the male members are out of their homes and the children as well as the women are free from household work. But a street hawker sometimes does good to us. We can get many articles in our moment of urgent need. To earn his livelihood and for his survival, he sometimes takes advantage of the weakness and simplicity of women and children. But he is not so bad and wicked as we generally think.