Because who they were was wrapped up, their whole persona was wrapped up in what they did, and if you had nothing to do, the job for instance, you were nothing at all, and they had no other interests, a lot of them, outside their work.
Kwasababu walichokua ilikuwa imefungwa, utu wao wote ilikuwa imefungwa kwa walichofanya, na kama haukuwa na cha kunya,kazi kwa mfano, haukuwa kitu na hawakuwa na pendeleo zingine, wengi wao, inje ya kzi yao.