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Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893)
“Men with calloused hands… attired in garments that showed the wear of an endless trudge for a living…”
Source: Maggie_ A Girl of the Streets (Stephen Crane, 1893; 1896).pdf
Questions:
How does Crane portray working-class life?
What problems of industrial cities are visible?
How does literary realism function as social critique?
use simple words and 3 sentences as a whole

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Crane shows working-class life as hard and grim, with people worn down by long work, little pay, and almost no hope. The industrial city brings poverty, crowded slums, alcohol, fights, and broken families. By giving plain, true details instead of happy endings, Crane shows social wrongs and makes readers see the need for change.