Sinclair Lewis struggled greatly throughout his lifetime. It all began when he was growing up; Lewis was looked down upon for his choice of interest in literature. The men in his life, father and brother, were both of high status in the medical field. Sinclair was not athletic, and instead was lonely and had trouble making friends; the opposite of the ideal child. Therefore, due to choosing an occupation that is less pristine than a physician and being a pariah with others his age, he was seen as
between George Babbitt and Lewis Sinclair. “Oh, hell, boys, let’s cut out the formality and get down to the stories” (Babbitt 140). At this point in the novel, Babbitt and Riesling arrive on a train to New York where they become introduced to a few businessmen and instantly begin conversations with them (Spark Note on Babbitt 1). Babbitt has an unhuman like ability to get along with everyone and spark never ending conversations with them. This is similar to Lewis Sinclair because he has a gift of charisma
reader understand Lewis’s message. From Babbitt, Sinclair explores diction and how it develops his writing. “To George F. Babbitt, as to most prosperous citizens of Zenith. His motor car was poetry and tragedy, love and heroism” (Babbitt 22). In the novel, Babbitt, this idea represents the thought that Babbitt and many others love their material possessions to an intense extent. The words “poetry,” “tragedy,” “love,” and “heroism” present the thought that Babbitt’s automobile is incredibly important