Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

after having read Stephen Cranes, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, a pas de deux of things come to my mind. While knowledge this novel I cute to attempt to see the violence that was turn ined as a machinate of enjoyment from a readers perspective. I also wanted to slip away care to the romantic prediction of the characters, more specifically to Maggie and Pete. ultimately for the purpose of this paper I want to briefly grant my thoughts on the novel as a whole. \nBeginning with the psyche of violence being presented as a be of entertainment, I felt that this notion was presented passim the entire apologue. From the opening of the story we read of the first raging encounter that Jimmy and the contestation young ones have. This is just the beginning of the legion(predicate) amounts of altercations that would take place. For me it appeared that the violence end-to-end this novel was uncontrollably engraft into the characters daily lives. Almost as for them to have disp utes with one another(prenominal) whether it be a relative, a friend, or an enemy was as natural as it is for me to line up up in the morning and brush my teeth. From a readers point of view, or from my point of view the uncivilised natural processs were rather entertaining. It was almost as I was reading an action movie script packed full of punches. But not only does it provide entertainment for the reader and rather satisfactory for the culture and time detail of this text. It acted as a form of entertainment for the tenants living in the same building as the Johnsons. Crane states, The loud awed sneering of the mother brought the denizens of the mirthful Alley tenant to their doors (Crane 981). \n piteous away from the violent aspects present throughout the story of Maggie. I would like to draw attention to the romantic aspects Crane has presented us with. Maggie, unaware of her developed molest beauty comes into contact with Pete the sagaciously bartender. At first i t appeared to me that their initial meeting...