Maggie, a girl of her own unfortunate environment
In Stephen Crane’s “Maggie a Girl of the Streets” published in the year 1893, there is a very clear demonstration of naturalism. This particular piece of work by Stephen Crane was published during the time of the Industrial Revolution. Where the factory workers in the city were in the true since of the word treated like slaves who had no voice, yet they stayed because either you worked for basically nothing and tried to support your family or you died living in the slums and squalor of the over populated city. Ultimately the carters in “Maggie a Girl of the Streets” fall victim to their unfortunate environment as well as their mistreatment from there abusive father and alcoholic parents.
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She gets a job at the collar and cuff factory where she so decepery wants to make a friend just to talk to and her brother Jimmie is forced to step into the role as head of the house. One day that older friend of Jimmie’s that had broken up the fight at the begging is now in the Johnson’s home visiting with Jimmie. Maggie seems to have an attraction to this man named Pete, who tries to boast about himself while in their home. As Pete continued to tell his stories and tales, Maggie lisented intentely and dreames of “far away lands where, as God says, the little hills sing together in the morning. Under the trees of her dream-gardens there had always walked a lover.” Maggie fantasized about what is unrealistic in her situation, which is another example of naturalism. When in reality Pete was not the man of her dreams, yet at this time she believed that he was a formidable me in with the strength of the world in his fist. She believed that no man especially Pete would be interested in her, and that she in unworthy of this mans attention. Maggie and Pete continue to see each other and have dates all over New York, until on evening when Mrs. Johnson so intoxicated the she and Jimmie are fighting and again the apartment is in complete shambles she kicks Maggie out. Maggie is …show more content…
Mrs. Johnson and Jimmie sit and descuse the situation at hand about all the judgement and gossip the neighbors are spreading in regards to the their family. That even though they want Maggie to return home and stop embarceing the family, she would untimaily be rejected and disowned. The irony of this situation is that Jimmie, the one that is trying to defend the family name is basically doing the same thing. Jimmie, who is not married has lovers and not one person is critizing him, there is very much a double standard. There is a savage association between violence and honor, yet another example of
In Stephen Crane’s “Maggie a Girl of the Streets” published in the year 1893, there is a very clear demonstration of naturalism. This particular piece of work by Stephen Crane was published during the time of the Industrial Revolution. Where the factory workers in the city were in the true since of the word treated like slaves who had no voice, yet they stayed because either you worked for basically nothing and tried to support your family or you died living in the slums and squalor of the over populated city. Ultimately the carters in “Maggie a Girl of the Streets” fall victim to their unfortunate environment as well as their mistreatment from there abusive father and alcoholic parents.
“Maggie …show more content…
She gets a job at the collar and cuff factory where she so decepery wants to make a friend just to talk to and her brother Jimmie is forced to step into the role as head of the house. One day that older friend of Jimmie’s that had broken up the fight at the begging is now in the Johnson’s home visiting with Jimmie. Maggie seems to have an attraction to this man named Pete, who tries to boast about himself while in their home. As Pete continued to tell his stories and tales, Maggie lisented intentely and dreames of “far away lands where, as God says, the little hills sing together in the morning. Under the trees of her dream-gardens there had always walked a lover.” Maggie fantasized about what is unrealistic in her situation, which is another example of naturalism. When in reality Pete was not the man of her dreams, yet at this time she believed that he was a formidable me in with the strength of the world in his fist. She believed that no man especially Pete would be interested in her, and that she in unworthy of this mans attention. Maggie and Pete continue to see each other and have dates all over New York, until on evening when Mrs. Johnson so intoxicated the she and Jimmie are fighting and again the apartment is in complete shambles she kicks Maggie out. Maggie is …show more content…
Mrs. Johnson and Jimmie sit and descuse the situation at hand about all the judgement and gossip the neighbors are spreading in regards to the their family. That even though they want Maggie to return home and stop embarceing the family, she would untimaily be rejected and disowned. The irony of this situation is that Jimmie, the one that is trying to defend the family name is basically doing the same thing. Jimmie, who is not married has lovers and not one person is critizing him, there is very much a double standard. There is a savage association between violence and honor, yet another example of