 And so the book aims to tell a really good story, but underneath it is this theme of class tension. And so the Van Laars represent this wealthy family who've made a home of the land and who embrace the environment and who embrace conservation, but only insofar as it serves them. Whereas some of the more working class characters have suddenly found themselves out of work after generations of making a living from the land. All of that is kind of at play in the background of the novel.