The story about Maggie gives us a perspective of how life was in Rum Alley back in the late 1800s, growing up in such a place and conditions will give little to no chances to their habitants specially children, and in specific -girls. There was no way out other than hard labor factory or the streets. This particular Story talks about Maggie: A girl of the streets and how Irony, Discovery and Disillusionment dictated her destiny and short life. Maggie's very dysfunctional family consisted of mother, father, brother Jimmy and, a baby brother Tommie. The Irony in this story is so vivid that it is hard to digest. Maggie's mother and father were hardcore alcoholics, specially the mother whom Stephen Crane(6) described as follows" Large
