Maggie: A girl of the streets by Stephen Crane is a short novel about a young girl and the people in her life. Despite its shortness , this book tells many significant themes that its author twist throughout the book. Such themes are Determinism, Hypocrisy, False morality, self-deception, and appearance verses reality.
Maggie’s mother, Mrs. Johnson, is a symbol of hypocrisy in the story. She lost her husband, and had to raise her children by herself in poverty. She Drinks to heal the pain so that she doesn’t have to face reality. In her Drunken state, She becomes intimidating and overwhelming, even to