Babbitt, a middle-aged businessman, one day begins to ponder the meaning and purpose of his life. He is a successful real estate agent, but he wonders if there is more to life than making a profit, establishing oneself in society, and raising one's children properly, so that they can raise children properly, so that they can raise children properly. He travels and meets eccentric people, all in his quest to discover what it is all really about.
Christianity is derided throughout the book. Through a dead Presbyterian church, Christianity is ridiculed, belittled, and misrepresented. More's the pity. If Babbitt could have experienced the true version of it, he might have come back with something of substance.
Instead, Babbitt's conclusion involves the man giving his son permission to pursue the career of his choosing, rather than the one he had picked out for him. It is a worthy, if incomplete, end. Allowing one's children the ability to make their own paths in life is not everything, but perhaps it is a start.
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