How is he trying reform society and why, History

Gustave Courbet saw himself as not only an artist but as a social reformer. On page 335 (340), his painting, The Stone Breakers, is one of his greatest. With this painting, how is he trying reform society? Why can't we see the men's faces? Is this a pleasant painting for you to view?

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