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I hated bartleby the scrivener in high school. I thought it was a boring story about a boring guy who didn't do anything. Once I'd been working for several year
by jbattle 10y ago
I hated bartleby the scrivener in high school. I thought it was a boring story about a boring guy who didn't do anything. Once I'd been working for several years I re-read it again and found it to be really funny and interesting. Kinda countercultural
- Apocryphon 10y agoBartleby, like Walden or even modern office sitcoms, only sounds true to life and appealing once you've found yourself in that position. I still don't really understand the ending of the original story, though. Melville reveals a character point that seems out of nowhere. Is handling dead letters for the post office really that soul-crushing?