Maggie story cannot even be ranged with stories of the category of tragedy, because in a tragedy, you still have happiness intervened that makes the final sad ending all the more penetrating, while in Maggie, you feel utter gloom from beginning till the end. I believe our lives are filled with ups and downs, but to ignore all the blessings and joy, to make life even harsher than a tragedy is truly queer. He mocked at the cruelty of reality with his wit, and represented it in a concise and deterous way of writing. This author held extremely pessimistic views on all human beings and all events on earth and he portrayed the details of some calamities in a matter-of -course tone, as in Maggie story. After I read one of the stories written by Stephen Crane, Maggie, a Girl of the street, I really grasped the meaning of the word "pessimism".
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