How to Write a Social Realistic Novel

I read somewhere that Willa Cather did this and because I like her writing, I thought I would try it. And then now that I've done it, now that I started the practice, I can't quit. It's very in line with my OCD. The idea that I could work in the context of a biblical understanding gives me a kind of compassion for the minor characters in life. In the same way you have to know mythology if you really want to write literature in the West.