Stephen Crane characterized the characters of the novel through their actions and interactions with other characters during the story. Such as Jimmie, from the opening scene it was obvious he was violent and did not care much for rules and even his own safety. In the opening fight scene Stephen Crane wrote,“In the yells of the whirling mob of Devil’s Row children there were notes of joy like songs of triumphant savagery. The little boys seemed to leer gloatingly at the blood upon the other child’s face”(4). This quote shows that Jimmie was a violent fighter who was almost animal-like in his viciousness. Mary is also characterized in the same way and her negative traits, habits, and attitudes are shown throughout the book. When Maggie broke
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The novella is written with realism and is very dark and focuses on the realistic relationships and actions of people during the time period. Maggie’s character herself shows a strong condemnation to Romanticism. Maggie’s relation with Pete is very uneventful and uninspired with almost no strong powerful emotions controlling them or any exaggerated unrealistic situations. Maggie and Pete have a relationship which simply does not focus on the beauty and glory of love but does the exact opposite and shows the dark truth to relationships during the late 19th century. Maggie falling into prostitution and dying at the end of the book is also very anti-Romanticism because of the depressing fate that occurs to her and the fall of her character which leads to her …show more content…
The book in many cases shows the Social Darwinism belief that the strongest are the ones that will survive in the end. This can be seen by the constant violence and fighting in the book and also the setting which makes the city seem like “the wild” where everyone must fight for a chance to survive. Jimmie is the prime example of the fittest survive because of his constant resorting to violence to get what he wants and his spending most of his life fighting and resorting to violence. Naturalism can also be seen throughout the novella because of the realism involved. Maggie and Jimmie being raised poor and by miserable parents and never being able to escape the same fate is how the novella shows Naturalism through its intense and controversial
The novella is written with realism and is very dark and focuses on the realistic relationships and actions of people during the time period. Maggie’s character herself shows a strong condemnation to Romanticism. Maggie’s relation with Pete is very uneventful and uninspired with almost no strong powerful emotions controlling them or any exaggerated unrealistic situations. Maggie and Pete have a relationship which simply does not focus on the beauty and glory of love but does the exact opposite and shows the dark truth to relationships during the late 19th century. Maggie falling into prostitution and dying at the end of the book is also very anti-Romanticism because of the depressing fate that occurs to her and the fall of her character which leads to her …show more content…
The book in many cases shows the Social Darwinism belief that the strongest are the ones that will survive in the end. This can be seen by the constant violence and fighting in the book and also the setting which makes the city seem like “the wild” where everyone must fight for a chance to survive. Jimmie is the prime example of the fittest survive because of his constant resorting to violence to get what he wants and his spending most of his life fighting and resorting to violence. Naturalism can also be seen throughout the novella because of the realism involved. Maggie and Jimmie being raised poor and by miserable parents and never being able to escape the same fate is how the novella shows Naturalism through its intense and controversial