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The purpose of this work is to survey the relationships between literature and society. It is true that almost all literary works are bound to interweave all the functions of society in which the writers are to live. Stephen Crane's Maggie is criticized in such various ways as mythology, impressionism, existentialism, realism, naturalism, and so on. But this work will be approached from the side of sociology. This story has a deapth. It is often discussed that this work was written by the pessimistic determinism. But pessimism does not always end as pessimism itself. There is a purpose in this work. Crane uses ironic method to criticize the contemporary people of their indifference and ignorance to others around them. This work, Maggie, is the irony of whole New Yorkers of the 1880's. He tried to show that the environment is a tremendous thing. He set a slum setting, and showed us how we should live. He wanted them to feel fear and pity for others. In doing so, he uses another famous technique, the color imagery, which makes it possible for him to create his own artistic vision, and makes us understand the meaning of his irony easy.