Part one of term paper
The concept of “self reliance” used by Emerson helps explain some aspect of Bartleby the scrivener, because it helps to give us some understanding of why he keeps himself isolated from others. It explains how Bartleby, is actually just being himself and being “self reliant” rather than conforming to society. After reading “Bartleb ...

Part two of term paper
... Bartleby may just be following his own beliefs and not worrying about the consequences. He doesn’t seem to care what people want him to do, or what people expect him to do. He doesn’t live by societies’ rules, but rather his own set of rules, where he only does what he feels he should do. Bartleby is unaffected by other people and their ways, he is unaffected by society and so called, normal life. He doesn’t do what he is expected by society, but rather what he expects of himself. A ...