Analysis Of Stephen Crane's Maggie: The Girl Of The Streets

Stephen Crane’s own book “Maggie: The Girl of The Streets” used setting to develop his ideas throughout the course of the story. Stephen Crane portrayed the main characters with actions of violence and, moral hypocrisy to convey a message towards the reader. In the novel itself power comes from the manner in which Crane combines certain themes into a critical, ironic thrust at his culture. In the first three chapters alone in the setting of the streets of Rum Alley, Jimmie fights a rival gang from Devils Row. In which this leads his aggression to the point where he strikes his own sister. Not only that his father kicks his son and fights with his wife. Let alone their run-down building is home to many of the city's poorest residents
Another way that Stephen Crane uses the setting to get her ideas acrossed.Is the time when there was a scene with Pete in a bar, who was badly drunk while being surrounded by women. But even so, he collapses on the floor and, suddenly gets abandoned by the scornful and manipulative Nellie. In other words Pete was actually cheating on Maggie by dating this girl named Nellie. Regarding this, Pete was bringing Maggie down along with him.And, leaves Maggie feeling petty as if she was just a tool for Pete. In conclusion Crane pervades his story with an ironic tone that implicates the middle class reader in subscribing to the same moral hypocrisy that was also being practiced in the slums. On the contrary, other writers would provide the reader with a window relating to the slums.But, Stephen Crane himself sought to inspire social change by providing a mirror for his audiences. Crane valued honesty and, above all else in Maggie he sought to inspire a better society. He did this by describing the tragedy of a young girl destroyed by not only the selfish dishonesty of her environment but, the