Class Pictures + 25-Minute Written Bartleby Summary + Concluding Discussion of Bartleby

What do you notice as you compare these pictures of four different productions of "Bartleby?" Which one(s) most closely match the pictures in your own head?

Today the 6/7s:

• Had class pictures taken
• Wrote a 25-minute summary from memory of Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street"
• Held a concluding discussion of "Bartleby" (although it's just possible we might discuss it a bit more); click here to see students' thoughts as to why Bartleby refuses to work, vacate the lawyer's office, and, eventually eat and stay alive.

Assignments

For Thursday - Quiz over Spelling/Vocab-Bartleby-Part 2

For Tuesday, 12/1/15-Prequel to "Bartleby" - Account for the following:

• What might have happened in Bartleby's life from birth to his job at the Dead Letter Office?
• What effect might working at the Dead Letter Office have had on Bartleby?
• What might have happened to him between his stint at the DLO and working as a scrivener at the lawyer's office?
• In all of this be considering what life experiences might have made Bartleby the person he is.