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Stephen Crane uses many different themes in his novels to pull you into the stories he tells. With Maggie: A Girl of The Streets, he uses naturalism, hypocrisy, and irony to pull us in and recognize how life in the slums truly was.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is considered a classic example of American naturalism. Naturalist philosophy held that people are trapped by their environment and are powerless to change it. Naturalist writers attempt to imitate the dialect, actions, and thoughts of real people. As much as possible, Crane wants us to believe that we are listening to the residents of the Bowery, not reading an author's work. Writing from his own experiences in the Bowery, Crane writes about family life, interpersonal relationships, ways of settling disputes, and basic life choices.
Living life in the slums was one theme of this book. Most people that live their entire life in the slums tend to end back up right where they started or worse, no matter how hard they try not......

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