the book requires its title from either a primary character, George Babbitt, a middle-aged real estate salesman. He populates the successful life professionally, however he is unhappy. He sleep in the invented Midwestern town called "Zenith," which critics say is loosely according to Cincinatti, whose chief virtue is conformity & whose religion is boosterism. He bit by bit becomes enlightened using his life-style so rebels against it. Nevertheless, he finally finds himself as well infirm to clean soh, & lapses back into conformity per prevent of the novel.

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