Essay about Wrapping My Mind Around Stephen Crane’s Mind

Most authors, regardless of capability, tend to have certain themes appear throughout their different pieces of writing. An author remains the same person after each book, and that person likely feels the same way about many things, so there is certainly a chance to see themes pop up multiple times throughout the works that they have written. For example, Stephen Crane had many recurring themes within his writing. He was always focused on certain themes because his writing style revolved around these themes. The topic of the story seems to be irrelevant, because the same themes continue to appear throughout his works. Stephen Crane’s works of literature are heavily focused on death, survival and suffering. In the first place,†¦show more content†¦Crane relies on death to call out a mixture of emotions in his reader, which he uses commonly and effectively, but he also uses other tools to manipulate the reader’s emotion. Just the same way, Crane constantly has th e characters in his pieces of literature suffer due to all sorts of opposing forces. Another look at Maggie: A Girl of the Streets will reveal another theme: suffering. Maggie grows up with her father and brother taken from her by the hand of death, and she is abandoned with her abusive mother, and belligerent aggressive brother. She is beaten and neglected by her own family, and suffering from the pain and hatred that her environment is buffeting her with. She is then driven out of her home, forced to suffer in a sweat shop and as a prostitute. She then becomes seduced by Pete, the local bar tender, only to be abandoned by Pete so he can â€Å"chase another woman† (Wolford 1). Now she is suffering from a broken heart, a broken body, and a broken will, suffering in every way imaginable. No matter how hard Maggie tries, â€Å"she is ultimately unable to make a living,† and is unable to continue to endure these hardships (Wolford 1). Another story that models the topic o f suffering is An Experiment in Misery. A well of man looks down at the beggars on the streets and wonders what feelings they must have going on in their heads. Therefore, he conducts an