Bartleby Essay
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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 ....
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.... 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 girls in the story offend the "sheep" by wearing only bathing suits in the store. The store manager, fearful of their disturbance, reminds them of where they are. He is scared that the "old and gray sheep's" conformity will be corrupted. This establishes the point that people who are different are punishe ....
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