Babbitt Author:Lewis, Sinclair With his portrait of George F. Babbitt, the conniving, prosperous real-estate man from Zenith, Sinclair Lewis created one of the ugliest, but most convincing, figures in American fiction - the total conformist. Babbitt's demons are power in his community and the self esteem he can receive from others. In his attempts to reconcile these aspiratio... more »ns, he is loyal to whoever serves his need of the moment: time and again he proves an opportunist in business practice and in domestic affairs........« less