I. Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?2. What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies?

I. Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?2. What r

1.	I. Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?2. What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies?
Answer» <p>Question 1: Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice?</p><p>Answer:Lushkoff becomes a beggar by circumstances. He was a singer who used to sing in the choir. Choir is sung in the church. He lost his job because of alcohol abuse. After he was out of rehabilitation center the social stigma of being a drunkard prevented him from getting a job. To make ends meet he had to resort to begging.</p><p>Question 2: What reasons does he give to Sergei for his telling lies?</p><p>Answer:He says that if he would tell the truth people would not give alms. We can correlate it with the way beggars dress and crib about being hungry for days. In some bigger cities there are criminal gangs keeping an army of beggars. They do the required cosmetic make up and drop off beggars at strategic traffic points. They train those beggars to cry properly so that people would show mercy on them. At the end of the day the ganglord gets a hefty commission out of day’s booty.</p>