“[T]he environment is a wonderful thing in the world and, despite everything, it often shapes life.” ("Even if these are origins...") Stephen Crane was influenced to write his 1893 short story, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, because of his religious family's secrecy in publishing a novel that reveals reality and the impurity of the real world. and the impact of needy urban landscapes that ended realism and began naturalism. From the earliest years of Stephen Crane's life, he was the last son of thirteen other siblings. Having been raised in a Methodist household on both sides, Stephan's parents devoted much of their time to writing religious articles. He also had two journalist brothers, one of whom worked as a reporter. Growing up with several writers in his family, Crane greatly influenced Crane in the future when he became the author of several novels. ("Biography of Stephen Crane") Crane first attended the Hudson River Institute in New York, then enrolled at Lafayette College to study mining engineering. After not even finishing the first semester, he left and began taking classes at Syracuse University. During the first semester, he passed one course out of the six he took. He got an A in English literature and it was also around this time that he wrote for the New York Tribune. Although he lost his job the following year, journalism remained a major pillar of his successful future. (“Biography of Stephen Crane”) In 1893, the short story Maggie: A Girl of the Streets was written and ready for publication. This became almost impossible because publishers considered it too risky and did not find it appropriate to make it available to the public. Being only 22 years old, Crane financed the...... middle of paper ......rrhage on December 29, he recovered sufficiently, by January, subsequently beginning work on a new novel, The O' Rouge. ("Death") When Crane was planning to travel to Gibraltar as a correspondent to write sketches from St. Helena, he suffered two more worrying hemorrhages in late March and early April. His friend Conrad remarked that Crane's "devastated face was enough to tell me that he was the most desperate of all hopes" after visiting him for the last time. On June 5, 1900, Stephan Crane died at the age of 28 and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Even after his death, his publications continued to be read and appreciated. The variety of careers in which Crane was involved, as a historian, journalist, poet, and author of novels and short stories, helped him accomplish all of his many estates throughout his life. (“Death”)