You Can T Take It With You Themes

In the play You Can't take It With You, written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, the author uses point of view of different characters to show the theme of Materialism-materialistic values vs Spiritual Values- enjoyment of life. As narrator shows the perspective of each character, we see theme of Materialism. While Mr. Kirby has a viewpoint of living for things of materialistic value even though it might not be joyful, whereas, Grandpa has a perspective of living a life for Spiritual Values. Tony Kirby is stuck in the middle having to make a choice to follow his father's way of life, or doing things that he loves and enjoys. The point of view of how one should live their life for, leads to the central theme of the play; do things that you enjoy vs live for materialistic values.
The story is centered around a family in New York where they do things
Tony has a choice between living for Materialistic values like his father or living life for enjoyment. When Tony learns that Alice is leaving, he makes up his mind on how he is going to live and decides to confront his Dad about the issue. On page 77 readers can see Tony's point of view of living life;"Tony: I mean I'm not going to be pushed into the business just because I'm your son. I'm getting out while there's still time. Kirby: But, Tony, what are you going to do? Tony: I don't know. Maybe I'll be a bricklayer, but at least I'll be doing something I want to do.".From this scene of the play readers can easily catch his point of view on how someone should live life. Tony's changed perspective from making a living off doing the things he did not like, to doing things that he wants to do even it has bad consequences. Analyzing Tony's viewpoint on how he should live through theses passages shows the reader that Tony opts in living for enjoyment rather than materialistic values. By this the author's uses Tony's point of view to convey theme of