import ance ▁combined ▁with ▁his ▁real ization ▁that ▁he ▁lack ed ▁subst ance ▁and ▁true ▁grav itas , ▁G ide on ▁has ▁an ▁opportunity ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁K inn ik in ick ▁College ▁as ▁its ▁next ▁President ▁and ▁allow ▁him ▁to ▁finally ▁begin ▁to ▁achieve ▁something ▁valid . ▁Through ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁realiz ations ▁by ▁both ▁himself ▁and ▁Pe ony , ▁he ▁remains ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁and ▁daily ▁re gets ▁their ▁decision . ▁ ▁Compar ing ▁to ▁other ▁works ▁ ▁G ide on ▁Plan ish ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁minor ▁work ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁obvious ▁Lewis ▁was ▁re hash ing ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁old ▁ideas ▁as ▁many ▁them es ▁and ▁points ▁ring ▁familiar ▁with ▁the ▁target ▁being ▁the ▁sh ady ▁industry ▁of ▁less - than - leg it imate ▁fund ra ising ▁organizations . ▁While ▁the ▁main ▁character ▁was ▁without ▁moral ▁ ▁boundaries , ▁he ▁did ▁remain ▁loyal ▁to ▁his ▁wife ▁( a ▁rare ▁quality ▁in ▁Lewis ' ▁characters ) ▁but ▁he ▁never ▁achieved ▁anything ▁genu ine ▁or ▁of ▁subst ance ▁as ▁he ▁attempted ▁to ▁achieve ▁everything ▁which ▁focused ▁on ▁style ▁and ▁per ception . ▁An ▁earlier ▁character ▁of ▁Lewis ', ▁El mer ▁G antry , ▁cross es ▁paths ▁with ▁Plan ish ▁several ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁book ▁but ▁their ▁interactions ▁serve ▁only ▁as ▁a ▁method ▁to ▁emphas ize ▁to ▁the ▁reader ▁the ▁similar ities ▁between ▁the ▁cro oks ▁in ▁organized ▁religion ▁and ▁the ▁cro oks ▁in ▁general ▁phil anth ropy . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁reasons ▁causing ▁the ▁novel ▁to ▁be ▁considered ▁relatively