Babbitt · Character
Colonel Rutherford Snow
The elderly owner of the Zenith Advocate-Times newspaper.
minor
Also known as Rutherford Snow, Colonel Snow
First appearance: chapter i
Colonel Rutherford Snow shows up with force in Chapter XXXII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Leads the committee from the Good Citizens' League, pressuring Babbitt to join and warning him of the consequences of supporting liberal elements.
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In Chapter XXXII: Leads the committee from the Good Citizens' League, pressuring Babbitt to join and warning him of the consequences of supporting liberal elements. Later, in III: Owner of the Advocate-Times and the…
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- Other
Character groups
- Civic and Authority Figures
- Protagonist
- Babbitt's Inner Circle
- Church and Family Ties
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because Babbitt's vague, suppressed dread about Paul crystallizes into a s…
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See Colonel Rutherford Snow in chapter i