Of all the archetypes of American literature, none presents ideas as radically evolved as the Modernism movement. Its general concepts remain in constant flux and provide contrasting insights into a multitude of topics; however, just as many of its central principles remain unchanged between the novels, the years and the deviation from the form that the modern culture of humanity condones. The ideas and concepts that John Steinbeck and F. Scott Fitzgerald expound in their novels, The Grapes of Wrath and The Great Gatsby, are no exception. Specifically, the theme of love across social classes shines through in both novels, exhibited in the ineffable drive to lend oneself to another lower-class person deserving of help. The ineffable love that shines through both novels does not only embrace the separation of social classes. , but it does so in silence, without any trace of its beginning other than the light of hope it brings to those who receive it. This force is in no way tepid or blunt; its power simply emanates from a deeper source than most other emotions and ideas. In this way, Steinbeck lets the Okies' regrettable but undeniable love shine in The Grapes of Wrath. It describes Mae, the waitress of a fictional restaurant, who unconsciously harbors pity in her heart for her fellow man. Speaking to an Okie in the restaurant who was trying to feed her children a loaf of bread, Mae said, "'You can have this for ten cents.' “It would be robbing you, ma'am.” 'Go ahead - Al says take it.'” (Fitzgerald, 1992), the empyrean, brotherly love he never even knew he had was manifest also evident in The Great Gatsby, when Daisy descended from her top rung of the social ladder and found herself in the middle of the paper, against the fluid backdrop of Modernism, the authors John Steinbeck and F. Scott Fitzgerald stands out for its rigid message. Going against the culture, they go ahead and tell stories of people who rely on those above them to save them from their incomplete lives at the tormenting bottom of the social ladder. The two authors pioneered this concept in literature and established one standard for others to follow.Not only is their standard set for all literature, but those who hear its message in turn must do their work to help those below them The people of the new modern age they must now consider the ideas of these authors and explore the brotherly love that flows through us all. Works Cited Fitzgerald, F. S. (1992). The Great Gatsby. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction.Steinbeck, J. (2006). The grapes of wrath. New York: Penguin Books.