“Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” is a novel written in 1983 by the American author Stephen Crane. The story is mainly centered on Maggie, a young girl who comes from the Bowery and is moved to engaging in unfortunate circumstances due to poverty as well as solitude. The novella begins with a battle in the streets between young boys from rival areas of the Bowery. Jimmie is the champion fighting for the honor of Rum Alley against the Devil’s Row. Even after Jimmie’s allies have abandoned him and run away, he continues to fight with innate savagery and blind savagery. In the end, he is rescued from below the pile of assailants by Pete, who the narrator describes as a self-confident and scornful teenager. After the rescue, Jimmie begins to engage
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As a matter of facts, the actions talked about in the passage correspond directly to the actions of the neighbours and what they do. Mary Johnson, in particular, is the heroine and the point of focus. Apart from the Johnson’s, the neighbours who also happen to live in the slums are most certainly among the oppressed and unfortunate. Mary Johnson, who is also referred to as the struggling hero, receives sufficient sympathy at the plight of Maggie when her reputation gets ruined. In the event that Maggie attempts to make a return to her mother’s house, the neighbors also shun her. This is similar to jeering at the villain. The author uses vivid description to bring out the picture to the reader’s mind. Just as the author does not reveal the scene of Maggie’s seduction is the same way the eventual result, which is her death is not shown. The author tries to show the reader that Maggie’s death was early as well as tragic even though it was inevitable considering her life as well as her romanticism. The author attempts to bring out the circumstances surrounding the death of Maggie even though the actual death is not covered. The reader can, however, infer from the fact that Maggie was disgusted with her life, that she committed suicide even though there is no proof. Maggie is among other things a condemnation of the artistic conventions of
As a matter of facts, the actions talked about in the passage correspond directly to the actions of the neighbours and what they do. Mary Johnson, in particular, is the heroine and the point of focus. Apart from the Johnson’s, the neighbours who also happen to live in the slums are most certainly among the oppressed and unfortunate. Mary Johnson, who is also referred to as the struggling hero, receives sufficient sympathy at the plight of Maggie when her reputation gets ruined. In the event that Maggie attempts to make a return to her mother’s house, the neighbors also shun her. This is similar to jeering at the villain. The author uses vivid description to bring out the picture to the reader’s mind. Just as the author does not reveal the scene of Maggie’s seduction is the same way the eventual result, which is her death is not shown. The author tries to show the reader that Maggie’s death was early as well as tragic even though it was inevitable considering her life as well as her romanticism. The author attempts to bring out the circumstances surrounding the death of Maggie even though the actual death is not covered. The reader can, however, infer from the fact that Maggie was disgusted with her life, that she committed suicide even though there is no proof. Maggie is among other things a condemnation of the artistic conventions of