# Elbert Wing — Babbitt character guide

> Elbert Wing in Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Wing, El Wing, Elbert

**First appearance:** 0000-chapter-i

## Who they are

A young lawyer and friend of Kenneth Escott.

## In the story

### [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-xiii)

Joins Babbitt and others for an evening of drinking after the convention.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iii)

Official delegate; walks with Babbitt and shares a story about a real estate promotion.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/ix)

Joins Babbitt and Rogers in their hotel room for an evening of drinking and storytelling.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/x)

Admires W. A. Rogers's mockery of the Italian waiter.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/xi)

One of the few from Zenith who knows about Babbitt's excursion.

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