How to describe a tramp?
Such as "His shaggy hair hung below a shapeless hat, and his threadbare shirt and trousers had been rained on and slept in. He smelled like a bonfire".
It is a homework from my English teacher, writing a short story about a tramp and a little girl,I need to make the story coherent,attractive, meaningful, and educational, with a complete structure and well-chosen details, and most importantly, with a surprising end.
I think that the tramp shoube be a man who make his living as a wandering begger ,and I don't know to describe his looking.I am kind of bit poor in English,and can someone give me some suggestions about how to write it?
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How to describe a tramp?
Such as "His shaggy hair hung below a shapeless hat, and his threadbare shirt and trousers had been rained on and slept in. He smelled like a bonfire".It is a homework from my English teacher, writing a short story about a tramp and a little girl, I need to make the story coherent, attractive, meaningful, and educational, with a complete structure and well-chosen details, and most importantly, with a surprising end.
I think that the tramp should be a man who makes his living as a wandering beggar*, and I don't know to describe his look**. I am a bit poor in English, and can someone give me some suggestions about how to write it?
*or, .. as a vagabond (=wandering beggar)
**or, appearance.
Very well written! (not poor at all)
There are a couple of free good books on tramps on the internet; http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45640
and http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51425
Probably the second ''Autobiography of a Supertramp' is easier to read.
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