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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
There's a lot that can picked apart here for a 70 page book, so I can see why it's a classic. The main character employs a man who decides that he'd prefer not to work, but also not to leave work. This completely flummoxes the narrator; he oscillates between sympathy and frustration and a kind of "well I never" moral outrage. The book went from amusing to frustrating to sad for me. The language is a bit convoluted in a Victorian kind of way, but I took that to be part of the illustration of the narrator and the time and place. Nonetheless, I was glad it was short.
Really interesting critique on the assumption that everyone must provide value to society to deserve life.
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Problemen för den berättande mellanchefen på kontoret med meningslösa sysslor hopar sig. Inte nog med att de två närmaste medarbetarna som kopierar juridiska dokument har problem med humöret (den ena på förmiddagen, den andra på eftermiddagen) så vägrar den nyanställda Bartleby att genomföra sina arbetsuppgifter med hänvisning till att han helst avstår. Det är kort, effektiv berättat och roligt och absurt. Pacifistiskt motstånd, revolt mot kalvinistisk arbetsmoral och till viss del martyrskap. Läsvärt!
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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It's an interesting read and something I'll have to think about to extract more meaning from.
It's an interesting read and something I'll have to think about to extract more meaning from.
What if you just refused when someone told you to do shit you don't want to do?
Bartleby is funny af; Benito Cereno is spooky but slave trade is wrong so honestly they deserved it.
Bartleby is funny af; Benito Cereno is spooky but slave trade is wrong so honestly they deserved it.
I'm still not sure exactly what the hell I just read, but it was oddly compelling and much funnier than I expected from Melville. It reminded me of Metamorphosis, minus the absurdism.
