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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
Bartleby, un escribiente que asombra a su jede por su dedicación y eficiencia "como si hubiera estado tiempo hambriento de copiar". Hasta que un día ya no quiere escribir y dice su celebre frase:
"Preferiría no hacerlo"
Al inicio es divertido, luego exasperante y finalmente sientes lastima por Bartleby. Un gran clásico.
"Preferiría no hacerlo"
Al inicio es divertido, luego exasperante y finalmente sientes lastima por Bartleby. Un gran clásico.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I normally like absurd stories with "unloveable" characters, but this ain't it. This was a short story, yet it still went on for too long. I learned nothing and felt nothing at the end. Worst off, I don't think I even chuckled. An extra star for not being offensive, at least. 🤷🏻♀️
Bartleby the Scrivener was a strange and unexpectedly grim short story of a Wall Street clerk who one day simply and absurdly "prefers not to" perform a task at work. Throughout the story, this attitude keeps spreading, until events spiral completely out of control.
I expected it to be humorous, and while it had its moments of absurd humour, overall I found it to be quite a bleak story. But I do admire how Melville builds the tension simply by giving the reader exactly what s/he expects, and then building on that.
I expected it to be humorous, and while it had its moments of absurd humour, overall I found it to be quite a bleak story. But I do admire how Melville builds the tension simply by giving the reader exactly what s/he expects, and then building on that.
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
First Melville. Have a feeling that it’ll be one of those reads that doesn’t register right away but that I’ll keep on thinking back to in the future.
challenging
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am annoyed by how much more I enjoyed this now versus the last time I read it as an undergrad studying literature. I have been hating on Melville for so long that changing this part of my identity is uncomfortable for me. Gosh darn it.
The way that Bartleby gives up and acknowledges the clear futility of playing the games of society and participating in societally demanded labor is now quite relatable. The loss of self and the near religious ascension of the character, and the way that the narrator is drawn seductively to this view which would result in the abandonment of the physically world (which we can examine through both the embedded desire for the freedom of social structures surrounding what gives man meaning and, additionally, through the lens of a queer reading) was very interesting for me this read through.
I guess my whole Melville-hating-identity has gone to the dogs. Does that mean I have to re-read "Moby Dick"?? This is my Walt Whitman crisis all over again. Ugh. Lolll!
The way that Bartleby gives up and acknowledges the clear futility of playing the games of society and participating in societally demanded labor is now quite relatable. The loss of self and the near religious ascension of the character, and the way that the narrator is drawn seductively to this view which would result in the abandonment of the physically world (which we can examine through both the embedded desire for the freedom of social structures surrounding what gives man meaning and, additionally, through the lens of a queer reading) was very interesting for me this read through.
I guess my whole Melville-hating-identity has gone to the dogs. Does that mean I have to re-read "Moby Dick"?? This is my Walt Whitman crisis all over again. Ugh. Lolll!
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes