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1. What do you find is the most crucial in the plot in Chapter 1? In Chapter 1, we are introduced to Nick, who is telling the story. He visits Tom and Daisy Buchannan (his cousin) and also meets Daisy’s friend Jordan Baker. Through their conversations you get a sense that though they are rich and have a lot, they are terribly bored people.
In the article There was no Offensive-Defensive Confederate Strategy Donald Stroker wanted to prove that Vandiver, a celebrated historian and professor was wrong about the strategy used in the Confederacy during the civil war. Stroker brought up points such as “The biggest problem is Vandiver’s first words: “His strategy was the offensive-defensive.” At no point does Vandiver present any evidence that Davis ever decided to prosecute such a strategy.” (Stroker, pg. 8) Stroker had jumped from explaining how the offensive-defensive could have possibly been a strategy in the Confederacy, to proving how it was not an option, and how there was no evidence to show that it was an option.
Bartelby becomes somewhat of a hermit, living in the office in which he refuses to work. He wants to be free of his burdens, but only passed them on to his boss, the narrator. The narrator, burdened by Bartelby, tries his hardest to cast him out of his life and take back his independence, eventually passing his onus to another. In the case of Bartelby the Scrivener, one can see that to obtain freedom, a burden must be passed to
Chris McCandless was in his early 20’s, he was the kind of that guy that wanted to learn and experience life without all of the material things. He wanted to be independent from his parents and friends so Chris did something that would be insane for most of us humans but to him, it wasn’t. He went into the wild of Alaska for months, in fact, McCandless even thought he could make it out alive at the end of his journey. As a matter of fact, he was known as being a risk taker and enjoyed being out and about in the nature side of the world. Many would believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild to purposely kill himself; however, I myself believe that McCandless did not do it purposely.
When only one gentleman shows up for the job, the boss gives the strange man, Bartleby, a job as a filer. After a few days, the new employee will not listen to the boss. This extraordinary man merely states, “I prefer not to,” when requested to complete a duty. Consequently, the boss gets weary of Bartleby’s behavior and attempts to get rid of
In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, death plays an important role in the destruction of the American Dream. We see how the narrator, Nick Carraway, deals with high society and how they destroy the idea of the American Dream into a race for fame, wealth, and power. Jay Gatsby represents the American Dream in this novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald unfolds every step that leads up to the destruction of the American Dream though the course of Gatsby’s life.
In life some feel the need to prove something to others. That they are better, stronger, or even more intelligent. Whatever the case may be people will go through extreme measures to prove themselves. But who do we really need to prove anything to? Is it our parents?
Odyssey Argumentative Essay The Odyssey is an epic by Homer. It is a story about Odysseus journey back to Ithaca after the Trojan War. All the Greek heroes had returned home after the Trojan War except for Odysseus who was an important hero in Ithaca. Odysseus was absent in his son’s life and Telemachus decided that, it was time to find his father and bring him back home to his wife Penelope.
In Herman Melville’s short story, “Bartleby the Scrivener”, he presents the internal conflict of the story’s narrator, a well off businessman who is dealing with an external conflict of finding another clerk who will simplify his work. Although the narrator remains unnamed, Melville heavily relies on his commentary and character development as he shifts the narrator’s persona from that of a man with a “seldom lost temper” (Paragraph 4), to a man who is on the brink of madness. Melville implements minor characters at the beginning of the story to ultimately serve as a basis for the plot, making it known that the narrator desperately needs a new clerk to make up for the faults of his current employees. Using comical juxtaposition, Melville describes these characters individual quirks that aid the reader’s prediction as to how Bartleby’s personality will fit into the dynamic.
Then he realizes that he was not going to stay with his money when he die. At the end, he helped his employee with a monetary situation. Further, he went to his nephew’s Christmas dinner. Significantly, this novel helps people retrain the meaning of being humble and kind with others. Something that is very important about this novel is that it teaches a lesson of helping others, because you are not going to stay with your money when you die.
It took just forty five days for United States citizens to acquiesce their rights to freedom and privacy for the sake of safety following the events of September 11, 2001. Forty five days is how long it took the United States Congress to pass a law that gave up the very concept of liberty upon which this country is founded. The morning sky was a brilliant shade of blue with not a cloud in sight in New York on that fateful day of September. That all changed at 8:45 AM when a Boeing 767 jet plane tore into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Eighteen minutes later, a second Boeing 767 bit into the sixtieth floor of the south tower.
The narrator, a lawyer, hired Bartleby as his new scrivener hoping to increase his law firm's productivity. At first first arriving at the office, Bartleby is extremely productive, so much that he impressed the narrator. However, the job of a scrivener is medial, and Bartleby eventually rebels against some of his responsibilities, saying "I would prefer not to.” At first, the narrator is willing to serve the scribes "preferences", but Bartleby's small resistances quickly escalate throughout the story, leaving him
The Narrator justifies keeping Bartleby and ignores his internal issues with confrontation. When Bartleby refuses to do anything but copy the Narrator forgives the behavior because Bartleby asked so politely. When Bartleby refuses to work all together the Narrator allows him to stay because he thinks it is a good thing to help Bartleby. Even when the Narrator realizes the he can’t have Bartleby in his office anymore he moves offices instead of making Bartleby leave. All these acts show us that the Narrator does not know how do deal with confrontation
I like your post and your comments on the fact that Bartleby has given up on himself and on life. At first, I thought Bartleby's actions were very weird and definitely odd. Like his employer, I did not know what to make of him (Bartleby). If I was his employer, I would be taken back by his response "I prefer not to...." What do you mean by saying something like that and what are the reasons for saying such things?
In the first scene of Bartleby, the readers are introduced to a narrator who is an elderly man who works as a lawyer.