This week in the discussion forum we\'ll be discussing \"Bartleby the Scrivener.
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This week in the discussion forum we'll be discussing "Bartleby the Scrivener." This can be a difficult work given the writing style and the lack of information we have about the main character. Assignment: Complete the readings for the week as noted in the syllabus and "This folder at a glance." " Post at least one comment in response to this question, by Wednesday, March 2. Comment length: at least ten sentences. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation count. Errors in these will lower your score. A ¢ Use at least two of the following terms in your post: symbol, figurative language, central character, peripheral character, tone. Quote and/or paraphrase the story in your main post, using MLA style. Posts that repeat or use other posts without building on them, won't be given any credit. Discussion questions: As with the narrator in "The Yellow Wallpaper, in this story we have a character, Bartleby, who is quite different from the other people around him. He begins work at a fine law office on Wall Street, but then, refuses to work anymore. Perhaps even more surprising, his employer puts up with this for some time. How do you account for these behaviors, and for how Bartleby's employer finally reacts? Why is Bartleby's employer telling us this story? What do you think motivates him, and Bartleby? Caroline Read 4 days ago RE: Week 6 discussion ThroughoutExplanation / Answer
This story, in its most basic, stripped-down form, is a simple one: a successful lawyer, in need of assistance, hires a new scrivener (a kind of human Xerox machine) to join his small firm. Enter Bartleby, a quiet, initially efficient, anti-social little man. Bartleby proceeds to work well as a copyist, but refuses to help out with any other office tasks – or rather, he simply "prefers" not to. The lawyer and his other employees are shocked, but Bartleby just won't do what they ask.
A successful lawyer on Wall Street hires Bartleby, a scrivener, to relieve the load of work experienced by his law firm. For two days, Bartleby executes his job with skill and gains the owner's confidence for his diligence. Then the copyist begins demonstrating signs of mental imbalance by refusing to proofread his work, finally refusing to copy altogether. Instead, he stares out the window at a blank wall. The lawyer, who discovers that Bartleby lives at the law office, gives him time to recover from eye strain, then tries to fire the recalcitrant employee. Bartleby refuses to leave. A second stratagem, moving to another office and leaving Bartleby behind, results in outrage from the new tenants, who charge the lawyer with responsibility for Bartleby's eccentricities.
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