Theme of harmonious relations in the short stories of sherwood anderson

Sherwood Anderson was deeply concerned about human relations, about the relationship between men and women, and more often than not, about the failure of understanding between them, especially between the married. The world of married men and women in Anderson's stories seems in general to be a dimly lit world. Enduringly happy and harmonious marital relations are rather rare there. Whatever the causes be personal, social, psychological, an almost impenetrable wall seems to keep most husbands and wives apart, making any understanding and communication between them almost impossible.