Maggie vs Frado

"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" by Stephen Crane and "Our Nig" by harriet Wilson contrast one another in several interesting ways.  The two novels have different functions in our class and feature great difference between author and context.  however, the two novels also show much similarity in the storyline.  "Our Nig" is placed in the Uplift section of this curriculum while Crane's novel is featured in the Critique portion.  These sections represent different purposes and contexts for documentary literature and thus should factor into the reader's view.  These two words may shed some light on author purpose for writing.  uplift can be looked at as elevation of something be it spiritual, social, or intellectual.  This, perhaps, gives a more positive light to what we are reading.  "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is part of the Critique section of this class.  Crane's writing seems to be quite critical of the social situation that he uses as the setting of the novel.  However, the inclusion of this novel in this section intrigues me because the things that take place in Wilson's and Crane's work seem to showcase similar things.  Both feature female protagonists.  Each protagonists seems to begin with a fair amount of strength, both Maggie and Frado show character that helps to keep them apart of emotionally above their negative settings.  Perhaps Crane and Wilson provide the context that differentiates their writing.  The more socially mobile Crane is able to write a novel to critique while Wilson's novel is a symbol of progress for a people, as it was the first novel written by a black in the new Americas.