This paper examines the book, "Maggie, A Girl of the Streets", showing that all the
working-class people represented in the
novel are victims, abused by the social forces beyond their control and by one another. The anger and anxiety that this type of lifestyle breeds is quenched only by the self-
destructive and violent rages unleashed against one another. The paper shows that Maggie is the only character who tries to bridge these destructive forces and falls between the cracks separating the distinct generations of
working poor.