Babbitt · Character

Joe Paradise

A guide at the Maine camp where Babbitt vacations with Paul.

minor

Also known as Joe

First appearance: chapter i

Joe Paradise's tie to George F. Babbitt is one of the pressures that moves Babbitt—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

The king of guides, sarcastic and serious about poker, embodies the rough, unpretentious life of the Maine woods.

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With George F. Babbitt (social): A guide at the Maine fishing camp where George vacations, representing the simple, unpretentious life that George romanticizes but cannot live. With George F. Babbitt (social): A guide at the Maine fishing camp where George vacations, representing the simple, unpretentious life that George romanticizes but cannot live. With George F. Babbitt (social): A guide at the Maine fishing camp where George vacations, representing the simple, unpretentious life that George romanticizes but cannot live.

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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George F. Babbitt
social · positive
A guide at the Maine fishing camp where George vacations, representing the simple,… How this plays out →
George F. Babbitt
social · positive
A guide at the Maine fishing camp where George vacations, representing the simple,… How this plays out →
George F. Babbitt
social · positive
A guide at the Maine fishing camp where George vacations, representing the simple,… How this plays out →

George F. Babbitt
A guide at the Maine fishing camp where George vacations, representing the simple, unpretentious life that George romanticizes but cannot live.
George F. Babbitt
A guide at the Maine fishing camp where George vacations, representing the simple, unpretentious life that George romanticizes but cannot live.
George F. Babbitt
A guide at the Maine fishing camp where George vacations, representing the simple, unpretentious life that George romanticizes but cannot live.

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IV
The king of guides, sarcastic and serious about poker, embodies the rough, unpretentious life of the Maine woods.
Chapter XXV
Maine guide hired by Babbitt; half Yankee, half Indian; indifferent to Babbitt's romantic notions of the wilderness; prefers motor boats and poker; his mundane responses deflate Babbitt's fantasies.
III
Guide who barely acknowledges Babbitt's return; agrees to guide him but shows no enthusiasm.
IV
Babbitt's guide on the camping trip. He is practical and unromantic, preferring motor boats and a shoe store to roughing it. His lack of enthusiasm disappoints Babbitt.

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