The Big Town | Characters
Tom Finch is the epitome of the "wise boob" character which Lardner frequently employed in his social satires. Unlike the cruder, more self-absorbed "busher," Finch is a midwesterner with an awareness of his limitations, and he remains unimpressed by the socially ambitious, self-promoting people who surround him. Chief among these are his wife Ella and her sister Kate, who desire to escape what they perceive as the stifling confines of South Bend society and make their marks in the big city. Although Kate's role as the husband-hunting girl is stereotypical, Lardner employs the convention...
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