Maggie, A Girl Of The Streets Maggie Character Analysis

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In the beginning of the novel the narrator introduces some of the main characters is the novel “ Maggie, A Girl of the Streets “ written by Stephen Crane. The reader has the opportunity to meet the protagonist Maggie. As the story goes on the reader learns that Maggie is a poor young girl who lives with her parents and sibling but are very poor. Their living conditions are the worse; In each apartment more then 1 family lives in the same place, everything around them is unsanitary for people to live in that environment. Maggie, a young girl didn’t look her best, her features looked unhealthy and she had that look of fear in her eyes. Her appearance is similar to the way her tenement looked because the way she lived reflected on her personality.

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