# Willis Ijams — Babbitt character guide

> Willis Ijams in Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ijams, President Ijams, Brother Ijams

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

## Who they are

President of the Boosters' Club and a local businessman.

## In the story

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

Assists Babbitt and Paul at Ijams Brothers' Sporting Goods Mart, advising them on fishing flies.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/ii)

Fellow Boosters' Club member and salesman at Ijams Brothers, who helps Babbitt and Paul with poetic and diplomatic salesmanship.

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

President of the Boosters' Club who orchestrates the joke about Babbitt's middle name.

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