In the book Maggie, a Girl of the Street, the main character Maggie experienced an awful childhood. She was desperate to change her unpleasant circumstances, however, she was deceived by others and died at last. Maggie died not only because of the darkness of the society, but also the wrong decisions she made. Both the book and article show childhood stress results metal issues later on in the future. The article discussed the possible results of negative influences of childhood, and also shows a great amount of data on how many people had experienced childhood stress.

According to Jackson's article. He states that when the young brain is thrust into stressful situations over and over again without warning, the brain will produce small chemical markers, known as methyl groups. This chemical affects the body's capability of dealing with stress. Children are spose to suppose tp respony to stress and recover from it. But for kids who're facing unpredicatable stress, they might become mentaly illed.

Because of the tragic childhood Maggie had experienced. She becomes obsessed of leaving the street and becomes wealthy. And because of her decision, her life is a disaster and she died at the end of the book.
Poverty is the main problem that walks through the whole book. The experience of Maggie is definitely the demonstration of the dark side of human nature.