Babbitt | Characters
George Follansbee Babbitt
The oblivious and conforming, yet inwardly restless, character of George Babbitt has penetrated American culture and become a pervasive cultural symbol. An unthinking, cultureless, greedy, and corrupt businessman can still be called a “Babbitt” and reactionary, selfish, absurd, and conservative behavior can still be called “Babbittry” with wide recognition. Babbit has come to represent the absurd and corrupt aspects of the American business world that Lewis was so effective at satirizing.
In many ways, Babbitt has been created to be...
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