hat most protective brothers do which is get angry at the guy who took part, but then something strange happened. In his words he said Ill kill deh jay! Dats what Ill do! Ill kill the jay! (Crane 43). Then right after says Well, Maggies gone teh devil! Dats what! (Crane 43). Not only is Jimmy wrong about his statement, but is a hypocrite for disowning his sister when he is one of the lowest creatures living, by having uncared for children from women who are not even a speck in his mind.Then came Maggies mothers reaction to the gossip. Mary is summed up by being a criticizing, violent, uncaring mother ever since Maggie can remember. And the first words out of her sympathetic and caring mouth were May she be cursed for ever! she shrieked. May she eat nothin but stones and deh dirt in deh street. May she sleep in the gutter an never see deh sunshine again (Crane 43). Which is funny and hypocritical since Maggie does not have the living conditions much better than that as her mother continues Shes d devils own chil, Jimmy (Crane 43). A reader can only go crazy when thinking of all the times Maggie has ever laid a hand, or disrespected anyone in her life. As such of that as the true devil in the novel; Mary has done repetitively. Not only was Maggie then tossed out on the dirty streets, but disregarded by the only people who she thought loved her. Even though her physical bruises healed, the ones in her heart were what later led her to the confusion and hopelessness that results in her suicide.Upon hearing this news at the end of the novel, Mary shows one more aspect of her hippocratic flowing veins by stating how she forgives Maggie for all the wrong Maggie has done. Her mother and Jimmy never once stepped back and truly looked at thier words spoken or actions done. Their hypocrisy has and will continue to exist in the future as long as people do not practice what they say or believe in. In this novel, Cranes theme hypocrisy was trajically...
