Read the sentence from life on the mississippi. he raged and stormed so (he was crossing the river at the time) that i judge it made him blind, because he ran over the steering-oar of a trading-scow. based on the excerpt, which of the following traits most suggests this is a work of realism? it focuses heavily on the most popular trades of the time. it focuses heavily on how to handle and steer a steamboat. it focuses heavily on the difficult life of steamboat captains. it focuses heavily on the flaws inherent within all humans.