How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Jimmie stood until the noises ceased and the other inhabitants of the tenement had all yawned and shut their doors. (3.22)
For the poor inhabitants of the tenement, entertainment consists of watching other people fight. The claustrophobic environment serves the curiosity of bored spectators.
Quote #5
Her eyes dwelt wonderingly and rather wistfully upon Pete's face. The broken furniture, grimy walls, and general disorder and dirt of her home of a sudden appeared before her and began to take a potential aspect. Pete's aristocratic person looked as if it might soil. She looked keenly at him, occasionally, wondering if he was feeling contempt. (5.11)
That Pete sure is smokin' hot—and next to him, the furniture just looks filthy. He's a king as far as Maggie can tell, and she and her kin are just lowly peasants.
Quote #6
Turning, Maggie contemplated the dark, dust-stained walls, and the scant and crude furniture of her home. A clock, in a splintered and battered oblong box of varnished wood, she suddenly regarded as an abomination. She noted that it ticked raspingly. The almost vanished flowers in the carpet-pattern, she conceived to be newly hideous. Some faint attempts she had made with blue ribbon, to freshen the appearance of a dingy curtain, she now saw to be piteous. (6.10)
Don't overthink it because then everything starts to look bad. The more she falls for Pete, the worse Maggie's apartment looks through her eyes—and making an effort only throws her deeper into despair.