Thursday, November 11, 2010

Bartleby the Scrivener

Before I started to read this story, I had to look up what "scrivener" meant. According to dictionary.com, scrivener simply means "a person who writes out deeds, letters, etc; copyist." Therefore, I came to the conclusion that this short story would obviously be about Bartleby who is a scribe and his adventures. Although the story is in fact about Bartleby, another narrator describes the story. The narrator is actually a lawyer who is the boss of Bartleby. He tells this story because he finds Bartleby to be the most interesting scribe who has worked for him. This story was long and a little hard to understand and stay in focus. Overall thought, I found it enjoyable.

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