Stephen Crane, a New Jersey author who is credited with establishing the foundations of the American Naturalist Movement, has been the subject of much disagreement since his beginnings in writing and publishing his works. This incongruity among critics and readers alike has to do with the two literary movements of Crane’s time: Realism and Naturalism. Realism, which developed first, and Naturalism are extremely similar; the main difference is that Naturalism focused mainly on determinism, while Realism did not. Realism was an attempt to represent everyday people and situations without embellishment. Its characters (who were typically of the middle class) were more important than the plot, the events were usually plausible, the author was
