Darwinism And Determinism In Maggie, Girl Of The Streets

Between the 1880s and 1930s, a literary movement characterized as naturalism took form. Influenced by the literary realism movement and Darwinism, naturalistic writers sought to use detailed realism to depict the idea that human lives are essentially shaped and driven by external forces such as sociocultural aspects, heredity, and even the environment.
In literary naturalism, the elements of Darwinism and Determinism contribute to sexism in naturalistic pieces such as Sincair’s Jungle, Crane’s “Maggie, Girl of the Streets, and Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio. - Sources that deal with sexism in general. Use as a tie from these elements to the texts o Tie in things with Butler o Why Men are the Way they are

Upton Sinclair’s portrayal of Packingtown

In chapter 31, the prostitutes are described as “…a population, low-class and mostly foreign, hanging always on the verge of starvation, and dependent for its opportunities of life upon the whim of men every bit as brutal and unscrupulous as the old-time slave drivers; under such circumstances immorality was exactly as inevitable, and as prevalent, as it was under the system of chattel slavery. Things that were quite unspeakable went on there in the packing houses all the time, and were taken for granted by everybody; only they did not show, as in the old slavery times, because there was no difference in color between master and slave”

Jurgis believes that “…women have unnaturally been made to labor in the industrial world, in contrast to the natural process of childbirth” (Derrick) and that when women work, they should not be allowed to have children or behave as if they have any sentience of their