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Babbitt (), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure.
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Although Lewis sought to portray the middle-aged American in Babbitt, he includes tidbits of his character's youthful dreams and ideals. Babbitt often reflects on his failed goal of becoming a lawyer. In college, he dreamed of defending the poor against the "Unjust Rich," and possibly even running for governor. He began practicing real estate in college to earn money for living expenses, but settled into real estate permanently shortly after marriage. Babbitt's best friend, Paul, is similarly haunted by unfulfilled dreams. A talented violinist, he had hoped when younger to study in Europe.
When he and Babbitt leave for their trip to Maine, they stop off in New York, where Paul looks longingly at ocean liners set to cross the Atlantic.
Paul still plays the violin on occasion; when he does "even Zilla was silent as the lonely man who lost his way Having failed in his aspirations to become a lawyer himself, Babbitt hopes his son, Ted, will go to law school. Ted, however, is hardly interested in finishing high school. Rather than focusing on college, Ted clips advertisements for correspondence courses and money-making schemes.
In the novel's dramatic final scene Ted announces that he has eloped with his girlfriend, Eunice Littlefield, and intends to forgo college to become an engineer. Eunice is described as "movie crazy" and very modern in appearance, wearing her hair in a short bob and skirts that show off her knees. Babbitt's hopes for his elder daughter, Verona, consist mostly of her making a good marriage. Babbitt is concerned about her socialist-leaning political views. The books she reads, including poetry by Vachel Lindsay and essays by H.
Mencken , particularly disturb him as threatening to the virtues of solid citizenship. Babbitt's younger daughter, Tinka, only ten at the start of the book, is doted upon and admired. In Babbitt , Sinclair Lewis created a living and breathing man with recognizable hopes and dreams, not a caricature. The social critic and satirist H. Babbitt was an archetype of the American city dwellers who touted the virtues of Republicanism, Presbyterianism, and absolute conformity because "it is not what he [Babbitt] feels and aspires that moves him primarily; it is what the folks about him will think of him.
His politics is communal politics, mob politics, herd politics; his religion is a public rite wholly without subjective significance.
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Despite Mencken's praise of Babbitt as unflinching social satire, other critics found exaggeration in Lewis's depiction of the American businessman. Lewis is the most phenomenally skillful exaggerator in literature today.
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They emphasized the virtues of community organizations and the positive contributions that industrial cities have made to American society. In American literature and popular culture, the character and behaviors of George F. Babbitt has been converted into films twice, a feat Turner Classic Movies describes as "impressive for a novel that barely has a plot.
The second was a talkie starring Guy Kibbee. That version, while remaining somewhat true to Lewis's novel, takes liberties with the plot, exaggerating Babbitt's affair and a sour real estate deal. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Novel by Sinclair Lewis. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise.
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If so, why do you think Lewis did this? At the end of the novel, do you think Babbitt will truly change his views and habits or creep back into his old routine?
What is Lewis saying about these three entities? In what ways are they similar or different? Study the women in the novel, namely Myra, Zilla, Tanis, and Verona. In what ways do they interact and serve Babbitt throughout the novel? What qualities do they have that Babbitt does not? Do they hinder Babbitt and his attempts to change or help him? Share: Share on Facebook. Add to Cart. Like tin-based Babbitt, lead-based Babbitt also provides good frictional capabilities and can adhere well to both bronze or steel.
It also can wear well, as it is desired in machinery that will be in operational use for long periods of time.
With good embeddable qualities, high thermal conductivity, and great conformity, lead-based Babbitt is normally used by manufacturers in applications that will experience shock loads. Several lead-based Babbitt products have a uniform grain structure so that it can be used with heavy loads at low, steady speeds in conditions that can have high grit and external heat.
Yet more often, lead-based Babbitt is preferred for low and medium speed machinery and bearings that will experience light loads, such as unidirectional loads and moderate cyclic loads. Lead-based Babbitt is an economical alloy as it can be used for general purpose machinery, line shafting, and machine shops. It can also be used in farm machinery, cement machinery, conveyors, elevator applications and steel mill machinery. To select whether to use a lead-based Babbitt or tin-based Babbitt bearings, consider the load bearing factors and the surface speed of the shaft.
Other factors to keep in mind include bonding capabilities, lubrication requirements and the continuity of service. High speed and heavy loads will require tin-based Babbitts, while lead-based Babbitts are desired for low speed and low load carrying applications. When using standard Babbitt materials, normal limits for each alloy are:.