Q1.
I. Look at the pictures given below and identify the vocations. Now, list at least five more vocations.
(Four pictures on the chapter-opener page: a woman seated among strips of cane, weaving a round basket; a man at a potter’s wheel shaping a pot, finished pots behind him; a woman working a handloom, weaving cloth; a man bent over a workbench, planing a long plank of wood.)
Answer
The four pictures, in order, show a basket weaver (cane and bamboo craftsperson), a potter or pot maker, a handloom weaver and a carpenter.
| Picture | What you can see | The vocation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A woman sitting on the floor with split cane and bamboo strips all around her, bending them into a round basket | Basket weaver (cane and bamboo craftsperson) |
| 2 | A man turning a wheel and shaping a wet lump of clay, with finished pots drying behind him | Potter / pot maker — the vocation of this very chapter |
| 3 | A woman seated at a wooden handloom, passing the shuttle through the warp threads | Weaver — the vocation Arenla wanted for Sentila |
| 4 | A man leaning over a workbench, planing and smoothing a long plank | Carpenter |
Five more vocations: blacksmith, goldsmith, tailor, mason, cobbler (shoemaker). You could equally write: farmer, fisherman, barber, electrician, cook — the poem later in this chapter names several of these.
Tip: Name the vocation from the material and the tool in the picture, not from the person. Cane and a shaping hand mean a basket weaver; a wheel and wet clay mean a potter; a plane and a plank mean a carpenter.