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The Shoes That Divided a Man's Sense of Worth
A penniless young man named Trenor endures a cold dawn on the Square after a last night at a Salvation Mission. He fixates on his mismatched shoes as a symbol of poverty, while memories of his late father and failed college plans haunt him. He recalls abandoning academia for work after his father’s death, taking low wages and brutal labor in a match factory.
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Trevor
Salvation Mission
Trenor
Ven
Trenor, Senior
Rock Bottom
Hoboken
Jose