Babbitt's Mid-Life Crisis

From the beginning, Babbitt wanted to get rid of his monotonous life in the middle class (reference for early fairy tale girls). He was living a life related to his colleagues' pressure and assumptions, but he never formed his own views. He tried to resist from the conservative businessman's identity and tried to accept it in a freely abandoned group called "mountain". Discovering similarities between the two lifestyles, Babbit returned to his old life when his wife was sick. He then encouraged his son to pursue a life full of life he had long dreamed of, excitement and unpredictable life, a real life.

George Babbitt seemed to be a successful businessman when Babbitt was in the imaginary Midwest city, Truly, but he was deeply dissatisfied with his life. Babbitt and his best friend Paul Riesling are eager to resist the existence of their middle class. But fate interferes with their case. Lewis is influenced by the change in American identity brought about by rapid urbanization. Babbit is regarded by critics as a social realism of the early 20th century and a satirical journey of American culture.

In American literature and popular culture, the character and behavior of George Babbit becomes a negative prototype of person and personality, Babbit is "materialism satisfying his standards and a satisfying businessman", Babbit is " "is. The Philistines act. "Babbitt was filmed twice and Turner's classic film was described as" impressive in a novel with little plot ". The first adaptation was a silent movie released in 1924, Willard Lewis played as George Babbitt. According to Warner Bros. 's record, its cost is $ 123,000, domestic is $ 278,000 and foreign is $ 28,000, totaling $ 306,000.

In Babbitt (1922), Lewis chose to portray the life of a businessman in a small city. I have already told a lot about this novel in the general explanation of the artist's work, but that should be added a bit. If Babbitt is generally considered to be the best work of Lewis, it was mostly developed more fully in his novel, despite the hero being thought he was initially a type It is because it is one of the characters. Although the novel was originally a typical satirical work, it has only to feel that it became sympathetic to the author somewhere in the book of George F. Babbitt and eventually became almost pretty character. Probably