Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville (Summary) - Minute Book Report
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2015
- This is a quick summary of Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly.
Transcript: This is a story about a man named Bartleby who works as a copyist for a judge. The judge also employs Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut, all of whom have interesting personalities that seem to balance out the work environment.
Work seems to be going fine until one day Bartleby refuses a request from the judge. Bartleby states that, “He would prefer not to.” This is out of character for the diligent worker, so the judge asks him again to do the task. Again, Bartleby states that he would prefer not to.
This behavior of refusal to work grows, as Bartleby then refuses to leave the office. He begins to live there, just staying at his desk, eating snack cakes, and staring out of the window at a brick wall.
The judge asks Bartleby to either work or leave, hoping to not have to throw Bartleby out. However, Bartleby continues to stay in the office, which forces the non-confrontational judge to move his business elsewhere.
Bartleby eventually gets thrown in prison for not leaving the building, even after the judge is gone. The judge visits him, but Bartleby remains distant.
In the end, Bartleby dies in the courtyard, as the judge reveals that Bartleby had worked at the Dead Letters Office before he had employed him.
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The narrator is not a "judge." He's a lawyer-more specifically, he's a Master of the Chancery Court. Calling him a judge gives him a lot more power than he actually has.
You beat me, Whim. I'm constantly amazed at glaring errors like this online.
Thank you,
A Melville Lover
"refusal" is very much the wrong word. Bartelby never refuses any request, he simply states his preference.
That's a good point. It's his preference, but the resulting action is still refusal. But I will agree that there is a difference between refusing that results in refusal and preference that results in refusal.
I had to do an essay and this summary of the story really helped tremendously. Thanks Minnie Book Reports
minute, not Minnie
Any chance you still have it? 😅
Could you do minute reports for the Heroes of Olympus series
I'm actually planning on that series for a future set of videos. I'm not too familiar with it, but I've heard it's good.
Blood lad!!
can u say how many pages this book was
plz!!!!!!
This is a short story. The story isn't too long.
ya but i need to know how many pages this is for my reading log or else i get an F on my grade
אתה עשית את זה?!!??!
moshe parnas lol do your homework!
משה?
אתה עשית את הסירטון הזה?
Is he saying "judge" ? The narrator is an unnamed elderly lawyer who works with legal documents and has an office on Wall Street in New York.
you speak too fast , I couldn't understand
+Amirak Ihlas If I am speaking too fast for you, there are closed captions so you can read what I'm saying. Thanks.