The author uses this repetitive description to announce the entrance to the tenement building the Johnson family calls home.
The Johnson's home contains broken furniture. The fighting is always damaging it and Maggie makes attempts to piece the furniture back together.
This run-down building is home to many of the city's poorest residents. The Johnson family lives in one of these buildings.
This is a garment or piece of cloth used to decorate a shelf or mantel.
This is where Pete takes Maggie on their first date. They frequent the theater often.
This is Maggie's first job when Jimmie tells her it is time for her to get a job. It is stifling hot inside, and Maggie has to sew shirt cuffs and collars for $5 a week.
The location.....
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