Around the time of this story, the Erie Canal was completed. Most of them did not really stand out to me, but there was one that did.Īccording to whoever wrote the page on over “Bartleby the Scrivener” (found here), the refusal of Bartleby to adhere to the Lawyer’s requests can be “read as a critique of the growing materialism of American culture at this time.” I mentioned earlier in my one-sentence summary that the story was set on Wall Street, which at the time was becoming more and more of a financial district due to the rapid growth of New York City. I really did go to Sparknotes and look it up, and their analysis seems to be that there are a bunch of ways to analyze it. I understood the progression of events and stuff.
When I first read this story I did not know what to think. It is a long story, and I am out of clever dialogue, so I will just give you the plot summary in one sentence.Ī guy gets hired by a Wall Street lawyer as a copyist, he stops doing his job, refused to leave after getting fired, stays behind when his boss actually moves his office, gets arrested, and dies in prison because he refuses to eat.
That is basically what happens it “Bartleby the Scrivener.”Įxcept it turns out I had been living in the office the whole time.Īnd I stayed there until they arrested me. “Jordan, clean out your things, your fired.” “Jordan, get out from behind your desk and actually do something.” So for my summary, here is an imaginary dialogue between my boss and I: Well, since Sparknotes has decided to screw me over and not provide me with a single interpretation that we can all agree upon (selfish), I will just give a quick overview of the story and hopefully by the end of this paper I will have come to a brilliant conclusion. Great! Now whose work am I going to steal and put in my blog to make me sound smart? “Bartleby the Scrivener” is an insanely complex story with so many interpretations that even Sparknotes can’t really make it out. Ok, here is my attempt to break down “Bartleby the Scrivener” by Herman Melville. I said I would write 500 words a day (not including weekends – – Amendment 1), but I did not say that they would be smart. I think I am going to come off as an uneducated moron today.
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