... able to draw clear parallels between Bartleby's actions and the desires of the overworked lower-class. Bartleby works as a scrivener or "human copying machine" on Wall street. His job is banal, monotonous, and mindless. Everyday is the same for him and it is understandable when, a few weeks into the job, he starts "preferring" not to do the work. Melville gives us ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... close as possible to being perfect. Hawthorne's message is that we should not consistently try to change things that are meant to be unique with the flaws they possess. Flaws banal in nature should remain unaltered by anyone other than God. The nearer we approach the achievement of perfection, the more oblivious we become. We begin to view harmless flaws as ... ...

• Word Count: 1415
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• Grade Level: High School