Stephen Crane, through his impressive naturalism, is one of the greatest novelists, short story writers and poets in American
history. This paper shows how nowhere are the elements of the
naturalism for which he is acclaimed more evident than in his famous character, Maggie, from his novella, "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets". This paper argues that it is because of Crane's strong
naturalist views, as well as biographical details of his own life, that he is able to propel his character, Maggie, from a fictional literary interpretation into the quintessential example of "a product of her environment" that remains in the collective imagination of literate humanity.