Prostitution at the tern of the century was a unquestionable problem that would be exposed by many people. Of these muckrakers Stephen Crane dealt with the problem by merely writing a book. Crane has written another book called "The Red Badge of Courage"

This book was called "Maggie, a girl of the Streets." This book is an adventure that explicates how a normal, but poor family, could allow there daughter to become nothing but a prostitute and later on die at a young age.

In the beginning her brother gets into a lot of fights and eventually her dad dies. Her brother assumes the responsibility of the father becoming exactly like him, abusive, drunk and even taking over his old job. Now being the head of the family he tells Maggie to "go the hell" or "go get a job." Therefore she goes to get a job in...