My thought on this is that the lawyer is feeling sorry for Bartleby. The lawyer believes that the refusal means that something has disarmed him. It is more of a confusing for the lawyer because he knows what the potentials of the character, the lawyer even starts to blame himself for Bartleby’s refusing to do anything. Bartleby never leaves the office so the lawyer begins to watch him carefully. Why is the lawyer so concerned about the change in his behavior?
Holden can’t find a true friend in anyone, and he is trying to fill the hole that his brother’s death left in his life. Holden considers everyone a phony, and can’t seem to make friends or talk to girls. He tries to find romance, but he always ends up ruining the
This is Gilbert. Towards the end of the film Gilbert doesn’t allow Arnies disability hold him back. in the beginning Gilbert never liked brining his brother around because he always caused trouble and bothered Gilbert. Eventually Gilbert started to hate and arnie and ended up hitting him. this is was big eye opener for Gilbert because he realized he shouldn’t be letting arnie hold him back from being happy in his life.
He doesn’t like people and rather be alone than with people. He also tries hanging with people that are only his associates, but then he realizes how phony they are and dislikes them so he pushes them away. Despite all this Holden’s future had some
Because Mr. Johnson was so accustom to his repetitious sitcom life, he had no idea what to do when he was closing up his shop. As a result, he went to Bud’s house to address the problem
Why they do this is unknown but it also adds to the rage.” But whatever makes these people drive this way, there’s nothing that can be done about it. You can honk at them, but it will have no effect. People have been honking at them for years; it’s a normal part of their environment. They have decided that, for some mysterious reason, wherever they drive, there is honking. They chose not to ponder this mysteries any further, lest they overburden there cashews”(49) this only makes things even worse cause of course it happens on the day you’re in a hurry.
The reader’s familiarity with grocery stores makes it instantly easier to visualize the setting than if Updike had attempted to set the same story in a random office building. Updike uses familiarity to his advantage. Since most readers likely have an existing knowledge of grocery stores and can visualize a typical layout, Updike begins to describe the activities happening in the store rather than describing the store itself. The reader can tell the setting is a grocery store just after reading Sammy is “in the third check-out slot, with [his] back to the door, so [he] doesn’t see them until they’re over by the bread” (Updike 17). By not having to take the time to describe to the reader the general setting Updike is able to give in-depth details about the food on the shelves, the color of the floor, the people walking the isles, and the employees behind the registers and counters.
Willy’s reaction symbolizes his betrayal to his family, and his failure of the American dream. Willy never acknowledges his failures to others. Charley offers him a job, but he refuses because of personal pride. Accepting a job from Charley would establish personal failure. Even when asking for a raise, he lies to his boss and say’s his boys are doing well knowing they cannot provide for him.
Ginger-nut is simply just a worker who delivers ginger cakes to Turkey and Nippers as they work. Bartleby ties into the company in a different way than Nippers, Turkey, and Ginger-nut. In the beginning Bartleby shows much enthusiasm about working as a copyist and carries out and perfects each task by the set time he is given. There comes one instance where the Lawyer asks Bartleby to examine a small paper with him, and he replies, “I would prefer not to.” With Bartleby being so on top of his tasks this reply takes the
I don’t care. So long as I can be alone.’” (243) John feels used by Bernard as his tool to get the girls, and he has had enough of the fingers pointed at him and words said behind his back. After all he has been through John is still unable to get away from the mindset that he has to be alone, and chooses to leave the new world in favor of a solitary lighthouse. There, like the “men” on the reservation, John whips himself daily as people watch him like some sort of spectacle. Eventually John cracks and goes insane for a moment resulting in a blackout; “He lay awake for a moment, blinking in owlish incomprehension at the light; then suddenly remembered—everything” (258).