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Hey guys, I have a presentation to do on Herman Melville the day after tomorrow and I am at a loss as to what topic to do it on. The stories we are to base our presentations on are Bartleby the Scrivener and Benito Cereno. My tutor is really into Melville so I want to do a presentation on something which would catch his eye and make him think "Fuck, he's getting an A" so any help would be appreciated.

>> No.1597950

Do a presentation on how Bartleby the Scrivener was Kafkaesque before Kafka was even born.

>> No.1597948

tell your teacher fuck yo rules and read a series of erotic fanfic sonnets about you and billy budd going on a date to bennigan's and a 8 pm showing of gnomeo and juliet and then making love

>> No.1597953

Discuss how Bartleby attack Walden's individualism.

Also how Bill Shakespeare influenced his writing after Moby-Dick and how that was a huge change in his style

>> No.1597960

>>1597953
>>1597953
and coincidently his success as a writer....

>> No.1597963

>>1597950
Interesting. I'll look into it, cheers. In the meantime, bump for any other ideas, want to keep my options open.

>> No.1597986

>>1597953
My good God Walden is an absolute beats to trudge through

>> No.1597992

>>1597986
Just skip Economy. Also, Bartleby isn't an attack on Walden so that would be a pointless reason to read Walden anyway.

>> No.1597995

>>1597986
I know, thank god for wikipedia huh

>> No.1597999

>>1597992
>Bartleby isn't an attack on Walden

Yes it is. Use your head.

>> No.1598004

>>1597999
Since Bartleby was published before Walden, I don't even need to use my head.

>> No.1598006

>>1598004
I'm talking about ideas, not specific works.

>> No.1598013

>>1598006
Also wrong. Bartleby was Melville's way of dealing with his failures to gain appreciation. It's a manifestation of Melville's frustration.

>> No.1598015

Wasn't Melville going through a rough time when he wrote Bartleby? Didn't he fail to publish Moby Dick or something?

>> No.1598016

>>1598013
Are you trolling? Just google it man

>> No.1598023

>>1598016
I don't need to google anything. I already know what Bartleby is and isn't.

>> No.1598029

So should I stick to Barleby for the presentation? I'd say if I could dig up some interesting stuff then my tutor would be impressed...

>> No.1598030
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1598030

>>1598023
Lol.

>> No.1598043

Bump

>> No.1598061
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1598061

WHITE WHALE HOLY GRAIL

>> No.1598688

bumpity bump

>> No.1598692

>Hey guys, I have a presentation to do on Herman Melville the day after tomorrow

Is that tomorrow? Just have breakfast, take a walk, eat something, take a nap, watch some TV, browse 4chan, have dinner, take a second nap, organize your books, dvds and cds by author, cut your fingernails, browse 4chan and then start working on it. You would have it ready in no time.

>> No.1598800

Write about the narrator going crazy due to Bartleby. Not because Bartleby is refusing things, but because the narrator fails to validate himself through helping him. Selfish narrator.

>> No.1598812

FUCK YEAH, AS SOON AS I FINISH CHILDHOOD, BOYHOOD, YOUTH, AND THEN EVERYTHING FLOWS, I WILL BE READING MOBY DICK FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> No.1598822

Anybody read Call Me Ishmael by Charles Olson after reading Moby Dick? Radical bro. Fucking radical.

>> No.1598827

I AM A GIGANTIC FAGGOT, PLEASE RAPE MY FACE.

>> No.1598834

>>1598812
Be sure you are prepared. There will be several chapters with digressions on the topic of cetology and whales in art and literature. Some people really don't like these sections but they are somewhat humorous and add to the overall obsession of everything whale which is important to the novel. Of course you can always just skip them or skim over if you want. I actually enjoyed them though.

>> No.1598836

I just finished writing a novella about an overweight, rural Midwestern hunter chasing after an albino mallard. Moby Duck.
Ice Cube kills the duck

>> No.1598850

you want an A, do a comparison. These stories are on the surface very different. One an action packed story of a slave rebellion on a ship in an exotic location, the other "a tale of wall street" about no action at all. But in terms of the stories, and the narrating voice, they are very similar. No? Ponder, anon and start typing, being grateful there are such great stories in the world.