Literary Significance and Criticism
The novel has been praised for its commentary on the difficulties faced by the American working class and depiction of lower class tragedy through its descriptions of urban life and the interweaving of colloquial language with prose. Furthermore, the last lines of the book reveal a strong feminist definition of the title word "them," while also speaking for anywoman, anyman, besieged at all corners by the compulsive players of life.
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