Bartleby The Scrivener1
Most everyone remembers a favorite story that he or she has read. A book that just captivated the reader from beginning to end. But how do authors successfully grab the attention of their readers? Authors utilize specific techniques to convey the characters, setting, and plot effectively. The two short stories Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville and The Tenant by Bharati Mukherjee do just that. The authors of both stories effectively develop unique characters through description or narration, action, and dialogue, which fit in with both the setting and the plot. The main character in Bartleby, the Scrivener is indeed an interesting one. Although the name of the story may give the impression that the main character is Bartleby, it is in fact the narrator whom we learn the most about. The narrator is described as a very orderly person. His actions and speech demonstrate his fastidious ways. The narrator even shows the reader right from the beginning that he prefers to go about in an orderly fashion, by the fact that he absolutely must give background about his life and work, before he can begin to tell us about his employee. "Ere introducing the scrivener...if is fit I make some m
The narrator is obviously not one whose demands are often ignored. By creating a frustrating character, the author stimulates the emotions of the reader and causes him to involve himself in the story that much more. But, at the end of the story, Maya ends up with an Indian man, even though she has never been with one. He begins to doubt himself and his position of authority. "Maya Sanyal has been in Cedar Falls, Iowa, less than two weeks . Her whole life she has been moving from one place to another. " It seems as though Maya has never had a real home. By having so much American influence in her life, Maya has to some extent lost, or chosen to ignore, some of her Indian culture. Maya has had a very conflicting life, seeing that she is from India, but has been in America for ten years. What do you think of it, Turkey?'" (121).
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