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What does each of these labels indicate of the context or the attitude of the people around him.
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The man selling rattraps is referred to by many terms in the story. He is called a “vagabond’ because he wanders from place to place without a settled home. When he is with the crofter, he is called a ‘stranger’ because the crofter did not know him before. He is also called ‘the man with the rattraps’ because he sells them.
He is also called ‘the rattrap peddler’ because he is a travelling hawker who sells rattraps. He is also called a ‘tramp’ because he is a stroller. When the ironmaster saw him first he thought that he was ‘the tall ragamuffin’ because he was a tall fellow wearing shabby clothes. He is also referred to as the ironmaster is “old regimental comrade’ because the ironmaster mistook for a captain he knew.
After he tells the ironmaster about the world being a big trap, he laughed and called him “a good fellow”. The ironmaster’s daughter Edla refers to him as “the poor hungry wretch” because he was a poor and hungry. She also refers to his as “vagabond”.