... 's dinner party, George thinks to himself that the dinner party has lost all of the pleasantness he used to find in them. For example, he finds the usually enjoyable ice cream brick has become a nagging burden. Thoreau believes in simplicity of life, and he finds that many obligations society imposes upon the participant overly complicate life, such as fashion. Although Babbitt ... ...

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