'Social Behavior In Main Street'

Social Behavior is how the thoughts, feelings, and actions are changed by another person’s thought, emotions, or feelings. This happens when people surrounded with one or more person. In Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, the focus on social behavior is extremely apparent. Lewis Sinclair unburies the truth about a small town and America’s perception of their morals and actions. Carol is the character in the novel to change what seems to be the “nor” in small towns. Carol goes against the status quo of treating others who are less fortunate in humane ways, while the other ladies in the story do not bat an eye to treat the less fortunate with respect. All of the women of Jolly Seventeen, dress and act one way and Carol does not. All of these women feed off of hate for the lower class and act, dress, …show more content…
Together the ladies at like wonderful Christian ladies with good morals, but in actuality it is just them being prejudice and hateful towards other farms, workers, immigrants, and the lower class. When one acts a certain way, they all act a certain way. But Carol keeps her head above all of that pettiness and wants justice for everyone, and equality. Hypocrisy of small towns are now known because while the women appear to be sweet Christians, they are actually having affairs with others, and are guilt of secretive crime. When one person conforms to the Gopher Prairie ways, everyone else joins in, which is the definition of social behavior. Carol still remains herself even if her fight did not bring any radical changes to Gopher Prairie, but it did show that she still fought. This shows her ability to stay away from the women and not conform to social behavior, and at a certain