Part one of term paper
In the first three paragraphs of “Bartleby the Scrivener,” Melville introduces a character who will be played upon and defined throughout his text. This introduction is crucial to the story and the fact that the lawyer introduces himself greatly increases its effectiveness. The lawyer begins with the words, “I am a rather elderly man. ...

Part two of term paper
... thoughts of himself. For this text to flow in it's intended path, the reader must know a great deal about the lawyer and his employees. In fact, it is these characters which consummately defines the text. Therefore, without the lawyer's rather unbashful introduction, the story could not complete its task. In this text, the author has chosen to allow the character to introduce himself so that it may ease the transition to the reader's acceptance of the lawyer's thoughts and opinions. Although t ...