What are the motifs in You Can't Take It with You by Moss Hart?

Individualism is a recurring idea. The positive portrayal of eccentric and singular behavior in You Can't Take It with You also reflects the American belief in individualism. Many works in American literature celebrate individuals who rebel against the restraining conventions of society at large. All the Vanderhof-Sycamores could be classified as "rugged individualists" who follow the dictates of their own hearts and disregard those in the majority who disapprove.