Bartleby, the Scrivener
Narrator- Lawyer "do a snug business among rich men's bonds and mortgages and title-deeds" 297
Chamber location-wall street, crowded area with buildings stacked on top of each other -"my windows commanded an unobstructed view of a lofty brick wall, black by age and everlasting shade; which wall required no spyglass to bring out its lurking beauties, but for the benefit of all nearsighted spectators, was pushed up to within ten feet of my window panes" 297
Turkey- described as short, around 60 y/o
-has a temper, calm and efficient in the morning, angry and sloppy afternoon - the end of the day.
-too energetic and sloppy-"he would be incautious in dipping his pen into his inkstand. All his blots upon my documents, were dropped there after 12 o'clock" 298
Nippers- young man, around 25 y/o
-ambitious
-always bothered by the height of the table he worked at. Either to high or too low.
-grinds teeth-nervous habit
-short fused in the morning, calm and collected afternoon -2nd to last paragraph 300
Ginger Nut- 12 years old
-student at law
-errand boy
-cleaner/sweeper
-made $1/week
Bartleby-
-"extraordinary quantity of writing. as if long famishing for something to copy, he seemed to gorge himself on my documents" (301) -Bartleby was a workhorse.
-Worked all day and all night.
-"I would prefer not to" 302
-Homeless, chose to live in the office.
-Refused to leave the office
Bartleby, the Scrivener- The Norton Anthology World Literature, Volume E, Page 293-325
Hi patrick
ReplyDeleteI really like the format of how you take your notes you first write the quote that stood out to you then you went into a character list with bullet points, which told us about the character. My notes are usually a mess because they are all over the place I think I should revise how I take my notes similar to yours.