Part one of term paper
Discuss the conflict of the individuals' need to communicate his individual thoughts and feelings versus the desire of society's institutions, for conformity in Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and Updike's "A & P." In Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" and John Updike's "A & P," the conflict of the individual thoughts and feeli ...

Part two of term paper
... describes Bartleby as enclosing himself behind the walls of his office. These walls represent the walls Bartleby builds - not physical wall, but communication barriers. The walls between him and society provide security for Bartleby. His refusal to be like everybody else establishes his difference. He is later fired for his differences and eventually dies. In John Updike's "A & P," Updike establishes another communication barrier against society's desire for confirmation. The three girl ...