In solitude the burly man, deeply engrossed in his stitches, wipes the sweat from his brow.
The burly man could represent queerness or gender expression that needs to be hidden away. The burly man is hiding in a coat, in a classroom of schoolgirls that he does not fit into. It can also show how much more difficult it is to grow up quee; the burly man has difficulty knitting with his hands.
