Thursday, March 24, 2011

Meaning- THEME

Does the story leave you thinking anything ? feeling anything? what do you make out of it all? passive , aggressive people are difficult to accommodate, difficult to ignore. Passive resistance is a radical form of rebellion. Offices , where americans spend the greater part of their lives , are not democracies . have a life outside work! dont expect your occupation to bear the burden of your existence. what other ideas does the story suggest to you?

The story of Bartleby made me feel a sad in the ending and it also made me think about how selfish people and also how tough some people have it, because Bartleby died and how sad his life was, he was like a depressed robot. Another thought I had was how it was probably destiny for Bartleby to appear into the boss's life so that a change could develop in the boss's way of thinking about life and other people. I agree with the sentences, "Aggressive people are difficult to accommodate, difficult to ignore" "Passive resistance is a radical form of rebellion" because for example Bartleby was a so passiv and calm and only said thing he would say is " I prefer not to" when he was asked to do a task. Turkey and Nippers were aggressive they got annoyed by Bartleby quickly and wanted to attack him, they didn't accommodate to anything not even the fact that Bartleby didn't leave the office so they would never see him. "Offices , where americans spend the greater part of their lives , are not democracies." I don't agree with this because people should have a life outside work, you shouldn't expect your occupation to bear the burden of your existence, this was what Bartleby did he didn't really have a life, except how he had a lady in the office with him one night, all Bartleby was work also the boss, in the story there was no sign that the boss had a life outside of the office or even had a family.

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