The novel ends with a broken Xiangzi picking up cigarette-ends to eke out a miserable living.

小说末尾，落魄的祥子靠着捡烟头来艰苦维持着悲惨的生活。

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They are living in miserable conditions.

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Second, the fighting is causing human suffering on an enormous scale, with more than 200, 000 people displaced and living in dangerous, miserable conditions.

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