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What is the prevalent theme depicted in the passage?
What is the prevalent theme depicted in the passage?
Hunger
How is hunger symbolically represented in the text?
How is hunger symbolically represented in the text?
Hunger was pushed out of the tall houses, in the wretched clothing that hung upon poles and lines; Hunger was patched into them with straw and rag and wood and paper...
Describe the impact of hunger on different elements in the passage.
Describe the impact of hunger on different elements in the passage.
Hunger stared down from the smokeless chimneys, and started up from the filthy street that had no offal, among its refuse, of anything to eat...
