# Joe Paradise — Babbitt character guide

> Joe Paradise in Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Joe

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

## Who they are

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

## Relationships

### [George F. Babbitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/characters/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.

### [George F. Babbitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/characters/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.

### [George F. Babbitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/characters/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.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/iv)

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

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

Guide who barely acknowledges Babbitt's return; agrees to guide him but shows no enthusiasm.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/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.

## Links

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