Babbitt · Character
Horace Updike
An architect and member of the elite set.
minor
Also known as Updike
First appearance: chapter i
Horace Updike shows up with force in Chapter VII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as making love to Lucile McKelvey in her drawing-room after a lecture.
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In Chapter VII: Mentioned as making love to Lucile McKelvey in her drawing-room after a lecture. Later, in IV: Attempts to seduce Lucile…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Extended Social Orbit
- Babbitt's Inner Circle
- Protagonist
- Elite and Professional Acquaintances
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- 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 Horace Updike in chapter i