Anderson's Motives for Exploring Man's Frustration

Man's frustration is a dominant theme in Anderson's short stories.It is the condensation of his impressions of American life.His motives for exploring the problem include:to reveal the painful experience,feeling and situation of ordinary people during the economic,social and cultural transformations of America;to remind the reader of the choking effects of outworn conventional morality and the destructive effects of modern industrial materialism;to draw the reader's attention to the emotional life of the ordinary people;and to express his own views on and attitudes toward humanity and society.

Man＇s frustration is a dominant theme in Anderson＇s short stories. It is the condensation of his impressions of American life. His motives for exploring the problem include： to reveal the painful experience, feeling and situa6on of ordinary people during the economic, so- cial and cultural transformations of America; to remind the reader of the choking effects of outworn conventional moraliW and the destructive effects of modem industrial materialism; to draw the reader＇s attention to the emotional life of the ordinary people; and to express his own views on and attitudes toward humanity and society.