In the novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Stephen Crane captures a snapshot focused on the conflict and coexistence of the Johnson family trying to make their meager ends meet. Crane was able portray the broken lifestyle the poor had as the children were noted to be constantly engaging in fights throughout the day. Each child’s life goal was to become the toughest and most notorious fighter in the city. However their physicality can also be traced back to the savage-like relationship found in the home setting as seen by Jimmie’s parents. Starting from the inception of the novella, the parents were constantly at war with each other, exploding at even the slightest disagreement. Both parents were of the violent nature as they would destroy furniture and be constantly hollering at and hurting each other. To say the least, everyone in that town, with the exception of Maggie, seemed to be constantly depressed and took to drinking to escape their problems. However the author notes the coexistence in both cases. Even though the children were in constant fights, they still coexisted together in the same community. Even though the family seemed physically and mentally conflicted with each other, the family still functioned as one unit, as at the end of the day, the family came together to eat dinner at the dinner table.