1. Both stories begin to the tune of the ordinary life a man vexed by both a personal problem and the political issues of the time. However, compared to Looking Backward, the tone of Sinclair Lewis’ Babbitt is much more satirical as depicted by his criticisms of the middle class. Whereas Edward Bellamy is more utopian due to his beliefs that his “future” would resolve the issues.
2. Based on Babbitt, America during the 1920s appeared to be mainly industrial with tall buildings towering over dirty little homes and offices. People drove cars and smoked cigars; they would go to the club or the theater in their spare time. They had their 1920s charm, in the way they spoke with words like “chum” and “punk” as part of their slang, and everyone
2. Based on Babbitt, America during the 1920s appeared to be mainly industrial with tall buildings towering over dirty little homes and offices. People drove cars and smoked cigars; they would go to the club or the theater in their spare time. They had their 1920s charm, in the way they spoke with words like “chum” and “punk” as part of their slang, and everyone