Babbitt
The 1920's saw the rise of the true American consumer. For the first time in U.S. history more Americans lived in urban rather than rural areas. The nation prospered as a whole, but the wealth widened the gap between the rich and the poor. It was during this time that a great outpour of creative talent produced artists of all types who indicated the United States for being artistically barren. Authors such as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Sinclair Lewis began to emerge and thus Babbitt was born. Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, created the true symbol of American life and values in the 1920's with his satirical character George F. Babbitt. Babbitt tells the tale of an average family living in the 1920's while accurately portraying American life and culture. With such a lively character as George Babbitt, it is hard for anyone not to enjoy this novel. Although a satire, Babbitt does deal with many real life situations which build up to Lewis' thesis that no matter how hard people try they cannot change who they are. Through his use of detail, di
Babbitt realizes he has never done what he wanted to do with his life and now it is too late. A law is only as good as its enforcement. Everyone in America was trying to get a piece of the pie. The story's conflict is slowly built but eventually revealed and the Babbitt's adventures seem to end abruptly. In a way, America's disrespect for the law was portrayed in Ted's party. She was a strong woman who did not let anyone get in her way. Many of them also begin to drink and smoke in Babbitt's house. Given the time period Babbitt was written in though, the wife being submissive to her husband was probably acceptable. The Roaring Twenties marked a time of great prosperity. During prohibition, many Americans began to disrespect the law. Babbitt himself was able to purchase alcohol for a dinner party at his home. With many mentions of jazz music, prohibition, and opinions of women's latest fashions being too short, the many details in Babbitt affect readers intellectually because they give the readers a feel for the 1920's. In the end, her mouth ended up getting her into trouble.
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