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In a court of dictionary world, the rebellion is an act or a show of defiance toward an authority or established convention while the conformity to university regulations means an action or behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards. ... In essence, Bartleby, along with several other main characters that appear in other short tales, are obviously reflections of the time in which Melville lived and worked when America as a country was filled with rebellion against the society of conformists.
In his outstanding story, the narrator indicates that his rebellion is passive rather than aggressive, much like the non-violent resistance. ... Thus, the ambiguity of Bartlebys rebellion makes this tale more complex and leaves it open to many interpretations for conformists. ... Bartleby has also been seen as a representative of non-conformity, the alienated modern man who stands up against an ignorant universe of outdated values. ... and took up and a position fronting the deadwall”, like many other non-conformists in the history of American literature, Bartleby prefers death over conformity, for at the conclusion of the tale, he apparently curls up in a fetal position on the floor of his jail cell and literally dies from starvation, another symbol of his rebellious nature against the conformity to the university needs.
Approximate Word count = 902
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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