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Read the excerpt from "Broken ChainEventually he (Alfonso) grew bored and went outside with an old gym sock to wipe down his bike, a ten-speed from Montgomery Ward. His thumbs were tired and wrinkled and pink, the way they got when hestayed in the bathtub too long.Why does Soto most likely include the imagery of Alfonso's thumbs in this passage?
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