Maggie By Stephen Crane
Najah Martin
Professor Broderick
Eng 102
Maggie:Life of a Girl on the Streets
By Stephen Crane
"Maggie: Life of a Girl on the Streets" by Stephen Crane is a short novel revolving around the coming of age story of a young woman in New York City. Maggie is a child living in the tenements of the Bowery, a slum area of New York City. Her father and mother are both alcoholics, which affected her self image and self esteem. She and her two brothers also suffered a violent and abusive childhood. The younger of the two boys dies, but Maggie and Jimmie survive. Maggie grows into a beautiful girl, somehow untouched by the chaos around her. When her brother brings home his friend Pete, who shows her some attention, she falls in love with him.She sees Pete as her way out of this negative situation. She fails to see him as the ill-mannered braggart that he is and succumbs to his charms. She goes to live with him, but Pete soon tires of her. She tries to return home, but is turned......
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