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... Crane’s first novel, Maggie: A Girl of The Streets shows the reader a lot about social power and the power to survive. It can be said that the fittest do survive in this tale, however Maggie is not among them. Even though Maggie is referred to as, “the flower that blossomed in a mud puddle,” it turns out she is unfit to survive. Maggie is a victim of her surroundings.
Maggie’s biggest downfall is her naivety. Despite Maggie’s environment amid the abuse and poverty in the Bowery neighborhood of New York’s Lower East Side, she grows into a physically beautiful, hopeful and naive young girl seemingly uncorrupted by her surroundings. Maggie’s imaginative perception of her world obscures her ability to see the world clearly, and is as much to blame for her downfall as her virtually inescapable social circumstances.
The fate of Maggie is inevitable considering the social forces surrounding her--poverty and a lifetime of abuse and brutality from her alcoholic mother and combative brother.
Approximate Word count = 749
Approximate Pages = 3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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