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    “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…

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    The Social Environment of the Bowery Stephen Crane, writer of the novella: Maggie a Girl of the Streets discusses the impact of social environment through symbolic characters and setting. Crane describes the tragedy of individuals who are destroyed by their environment. The theme of social environment demonstrates the impact society has on people and shows how easily subjected people are to becoming products of their environment. The "environment" that an individual is brought up in…

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    themselves. Stephen Crane was born into a very influential time in the history of the world, with so many influential people, experiences, and aspects of his environment. His background was one of many influential people, experiences, and Influenced by his experiences and environment, Stephen Crane wrote his naturalistic novel, Red Badge of Courage, to depict a detailed image of the psychological complexities…

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    In Maggie: A Girl of The Streets, the main character, Maggie, and her boyfriend Pete go on three main dates. During that time, their relationship becomes worse and eventually ends. Stephan Crane thought of the world as a jungle and humans at the same level as all other animals in the animal kingdom. This book and the characters in it prove that theory. Maggie’s relationship with Pete slowly deteriorates through the quality of the dates, the characters’ behaviors, and the impact of outside…

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    Ross Chapman Lost At Sea

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    Lost at Sea Lost at Sea is a 60 minutes documentary showcasing Ross Chapman’s harrowing ordeal. The documentary focuses on a series of blind luck events leading up to Ross Chapmans rescue of the coast of Exmouth. Ross Chapman is presented as a daring fisherman living life on the edge. The viewers are positioned to sympathise with the adventurous fisherman through events showcased in the documentary. Produced by Garry Mcnab, Lost at Sea follows Ross Chapman a young and daring fisherman swept…

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    Journal five- Stephen Crane “The Open Boat” Four men are in a lifeboat, lost at sea, off the coast of Florida. The oiler and the correspondent are taking turns paddling with the oars they have. They eventually see a lighthouse. As they try to get closer to the lighthouse, they use the captain’s jacket to make a sail. It works until the wind dies down. Eventually they get closer to the land but they are amazed that nobody sees them. They try to paddle towards the land but the waves are too…

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    Crane is a local schoolmaster who is a stranger to the town. Crane is a lean man with a lanky appearance. His rival is named Brom Bones who is the town hero. Bones and Crane had intentions to marry the beautiful 18 year old Katrina Van Tassel, who was the daughter of the wealthy Baltus Van Tassel. Since they each wanted Katrina Bones would…

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    Sleepy Hollow not aware of the many negatives consternation that lingers there. Even though Crane’s avarice and greed shows heavily in the story, it opens the readers to view a person versus his imaginative ways. Also, further in the story Ichabod Crane makes himself the best example of this situation by falling into the whispers and rumors about the “Headless Horseman,” becoming the butt of the local humor and more so the natural target for the foolishness spreading throughout the town. In the…

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    Century Time and time again we see man enter the boxing ring with nature. In most cases nature will triumphantly overcome and destroy man, however, there are situations where man miraculously overcomes nature. In “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane, four men attempt to find land after their ship has sunken. These men are on a boat that barely fits them, with an ocean that has no end, no food, and no way of finding land. As the great Rocky Balboa once said “Its not about how hard you’re hit,…

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    in the 1890’s would go. Maggie erroneously makes the connection that because Pete dresses well he is of a higher class than her. She desperately wants to escape the slums, but falls endlessly deeper with Pete the character who in fact ruins her. Crane writes in chapter ten, “I was by me door las’ night when yer sister and her jude feller came in late, oh, very late. An’ she, the dear, she was a-crying as if her heart would break, she was. It was deh funnies’t’ing I ever saw. An’ right out here…

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