Why do we use the simple past action?

Which historical detail can best clarify a reader’s understanding of the information in the excerpt? immigrant factory workers who spoke the same language were separated from each other at work. immigrant factory workers who spoke the same language were known to talk too much at work. immigrant factory workers had to pay rent for their chairs and the supplies they needed at work. immigrant factory workers were crowded into unsafe buildings with locked doors and fire escapes.

Third-person omniscient narrators are likely to be reliable because they're impersonal and know everything about the story they don't care enough about the characters to lie none of the above both "a" and "b"

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