Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Chapter 4 Summary & Analysis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 59 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Maggie.

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Chapter 4 Summary & Analysis

This Study Guide consists of approximately 59 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Maggie.
This section contains 310 words
(approx. 1 page at 400 words per page)
Buy the Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Study Guide

Chapter 4 Summary

Time passes quickly in this chapter. Tommie dies, but Jimmie and Maggie survive. Jimmie grows up on the street and sees as much anger there as he does in his own home. This toughens him as he grows up. For a long time, Jimmie stands on street corners and watches the world pass by. He grows to hate well-dressed businessmen and obvious Christians. His father dies, and his mother is not doing well. Jimmie loves having money in his pocket so he gets a job driving a team of horses. The best part of his job is the ability to sit up high as he passes by everyone in the street. The belief that he is above the others regularly gets Jimmie in trouble with the law. Jimmie sees the world around him as people who are all "against him." The one thing...

(read more from the Chapter 4 Summary)

This section contains 310 words
(approx. 1 page at 400 words per page)
Buy the Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Study Guide
Copyrights
BookRags
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets from BookRags. (c)2024 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.