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Babbitt: Conformity
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In the Sinclair Lewis novel Babbitt, the character of Babbitt is
completely controlled by the power of conformity. Conformity is so
powerful that even after babbitt realizes the stifling nature of the
society in which he lives he is powerless to change his fate as a member of
conformist society.
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Middle of essay
....re social status.
All of Babbitt's actions and thoughts are controlled by the
standards of Zenith. "His every action is related to the phenomena of that
society. It is not what he feels and aspires to that moves him primarily;
it is what the folks around him will think."(Mencken). All of Babbitt's
thoughts are those of society, and thoughts that are not society's are
ridiculed Babbitt works simply to raise his social status by means of
increasing his material worth. Babbitt belongs.... |
| Number of words: 1786 |
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