He depicts the struggle for life amid senseless rules and prohibitions that, along with hunger, disease, violence and the acceptance of fate, turned men into ghouls.

A combination of a documentary format and staged reenactments, the film depicted the struggle of trade unions against union-busting corporations, their spies and contractors.

Many of his later works depict the struggles and plight of the man in the street.

The book depicts his struggles against all odds to free himself from an inept justice system that would not let go, despite mounting and eventually overwhelming evidence of his innocence.

Collectively, his works demonstrate the human attempt to impose order on natural forces, depicting the struggle between the natural and the artificial, the rational and the instinctual.