In lines 230-234, the author sets apart the term “handcar”. What effect does this have on the reader

The effect this has is that it makes them wonder of the significance that this handcar may play in the future of the story. This will cause the reader to consider ways the handcar may relate to past elements in the story. Furthermore, the author setting apart the term caused the reader to become aware that the handcar is apart from the other objects and will play a greater role in the story.

Explanation:

samuel gompers was an extremely important person in the american labor movement, being him an employee all his life he devoted himself to fight for the rights of his pairs, he believed they all had the right to have better thing and that they all were working for them but the factory workers were greedy, ambitions and socialist people for him who he didn't have a good concept of.

he gave so many speeches and led so many strikes and protest to fight for equality which he considered employers didn't want to accept, so he had an absolutely negative opinion of them.