Tom's New Clothes! (Chp 1-10 (H))

Looking at page 6, there is a description of Tom's new clothes:

"The man's clothes were new-all of them, cheap and new. his gray cap was so new that the visor was still stiff and the button still on, not shapeless and bulged as it would be when it had served for a while all the various purposes of a cap, carrying sack towel, handkerchief. His suit was if cheap gray hard-cloth and so new that there were creases in the trousers. (6)

There is a repetition of "new". The emphasizes exists to highlight that value of such clothing to this particular man. At this point, we do not the identity of this man. Yet, this repetition shows that there is a lack of such clothing or maybe more in particular. The fact that "cheap" is also emphasized shows that the man is happy that the clothes are cheap. This indicates that the man might have a lack of resources. It might also indicate a tragedy that might have taken such value away for him, which now is making him happy because he has it back.