Bartleby the Scrivener

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Reference: Akbarj, S., Denecke, W., Fuchs, B., Levine, C., Lewis, P., & Wilson, E. (2018). The Norton anthology of world literature (Shorter 4th ed., Vol. 2). W. W. Norton. ISBN: 9780393602883

Answer all parts of the question thoroughly and accurately in two or three fully developed paragraphs for each topic.

Provide detailed evidence in the form of quotations from the text. Follow APA guidelines for citing and referencing the text.

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the time period, topic, or genre that is this week's focus. Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener" (pp. 692-707) brings up themes of alienation and man's inhumanity to man. As you read this story, how does your understanding change of the narrator and Bartleby's characters? One of the themes is the balance between justice and mercy. Analyze either character or theme in the stor