Thursday, March 24, 2011

Plot

Exposition - what back ground information does the narrator relates that give us a greater understanding of the event unfolding ? why does the information about Bartleby previous employment come at the end of the story rather than at the beginning? Complication- how does the Boss react when Bartleby repeatedly refuses to perform his duties? how does his reaction intensify what is the Boss's dilemma? Climax- where do you feel the event reach their pinnacle ? where is the conflict most intense, the clash most " explosive "? Resolution- whats the outcome of the explosion? Epiphany- Who has gained insight in this story , Bartleby or the boss or anybody?

The background information the narrator relates that gives us a greater understanding of the event unfolding is when the boss talks about the interview with Bartleby and he said what he though of him , then when Bartleby starts to refuse to do his duties. The information about Bartleby comes at the end of the story rather than the beginning because the author wants the reader to guess what is going to happen next instead of already knowing what happens. When Bartleby refuses to do his duties the boss gets patient, he gives Bartleby many chances to not do what he is told, the boss reactions starts to intensify when he notices that Bartleby is taking space, and not working at all, one idea was to move to another office because since he couldn't force Bartleby out of his office. The Boss's issue is either to fire Bartleby, move out, help Bartleby out or hurt him . In my opinion the event that reached the pinnacle was when Bartleby started to live in the office and the boss found him in there with daily substances but Bartleby didn't let him in and that's why the boss decided to move the office. another pinnacle event is when people started to complain about Bartleby to the boss, like Nippers, Turkey and Ginger nut, they places a threat. The most explosive clash is when the boss becomes highly upset with Bartleby because he kept refusing to do anything and the outcome is that the Boss decides to move. The boss changed and I think that's good for him after he found out more about Bartleby.

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