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Setting: Wall Street in New York City

Characteristics of Author's Style:Long, descriptive sentences that convey a continuous stream of thought from the narrator.

Title/Ironic:

The title is mildly ironic, as it calls Bartleby a scrivener when he truly never helped anyone except himself. Additionally, the "story of Wall Street" portion hints that this situation may have been common or representative of Wall Street.

Elements or Themes:

The short story is rather made up of smaller themes spread throughout.

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Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville (Summary) - Minute Book Report

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Acceptance of other people's actions and their fate due to those actions

Reinforces notion that your moral duty to help others can only go so far

Very concerned with how the narrator perceives you should live life

Responsibility towards Bartelby and his well being

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What does the story aim for?

It aims directly at emotion and humor. We, the audience, feel sorry for Bartleby upon learning about his homelessness, but become stressed with him when he refuses to be helpful.

This is purposeful: it forces the reader to decide whether he or she favors Bartleby in the presence of a biased narrator.

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1st Person (not omniscient)

Consistently narrated by the owner of the scrivener's office

Advantages: narrator divulges everything he knows

Limitations: doesn't know everything when it comes to Bartleby

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Lawyer  - The Lawyer is the unnamed narrator of "Bartleby the Scrivener." He owns a law firm on Wall Street, and he employs four men as scriveners, or copyists: Turkey, Nippers, Ginger Nut, and Bartleby. He is good at dealing with people, at least until he meets Bartleby.

Bartleby - Bartleby is a young man hired by the Lawyer to serve as a scrivener, or law- copyist. He starts out as an excellent copyist, but when asked to examine his work for errors, he replies that he "would prefer not to."

Purpose:

Narrator - Sympathetic

Bartleby - Resistant, mysterious

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FORGER
someone who makes forged copies

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DEAD LETTERS OFFICE
A dead letter office (DLO) is a facility within a postal system where undeliverable mail is processed.

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VAGRANT
a person who is poor, does not have a home or job, and moves from place to place

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SCRIVENER:
Someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts.