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Theme: Questions for Midterm Group Members: Radia, Elizaveta, and Mel   Comment #1 – Radia   Tripitaka from a Journey to the West, and the narrator in “Bartleby the Scrivener,” share a similar character trait; the fear of taking risks. … Continue reading →

Group Members: Denny Huang and Zeyu Kang Monkey from “Journey to the West” and the narrator in Ihara Saikaku’s from “Life of a Sensuous Woman” both go on a heroic journey. Both end up different than what they were before this journey but … Continue reading →

Group Members: Myra Khan, Chi Zhang, Diana Rodriguez   Bartleby from “Bartleby the Scrivener” and Monkey from “Journey to the West” have completely opposite personalities. Monkey is hot headed while Bartleby is a little too calm for comfort. Using quotes … Continue reading →

How does the ability to choose play a role in the lives of the main characters in both Ihara Saikaku’s from Life of a Sensuous Woman and Herman Melville’s Bartleby, The Scrivener? To what extent are the Woman and Bartleby … Continue reading →

Both the narrator from the Life of a Sensuous Women and Monkey from the Journey to the West are on their own personal heroic journeys. Compare both of their journeys and describe their self awareness that emerges throughout the texts. … Continue reading →

The narrator of Journey to the West included the beliefs of Buddhism. Through Buddhism, the protagonists in the story learned to improved themselves for the better. Using quotes from the books, what influenced them to adapt to the beliefs of Buddhism?

The narrator of  Life of a Sensuous Woman and Bartleby from “Bartleby the Scrivener” both see the truth, when others cannot, however they act on it in a socially inappropriate way. Compare the narrator’s and Bartleby’s characteristics that proves their Byronic-heroism, using … Continue reading →

(Just a note: A few of you were listed on the group’s title, but did not provide a post. If you were in this situation, you did not receive credit for being present.) You make some interesting, and sometimes provocative, … Continue reading →

Borys: Since the beginning of the the short story by Herman Melville, Bartleby had been an enigma; never revealing his true thoughts or feelings which lead to his foreseeable collapse. He always just got by on what he needed and … Continue reading →

An anti-hero can be defined , is a protagonist who lacks conventional heroic qualities such as idealism, courage, or morality. These characters are usually considered “conspicuously contrary to an archetypal hero”. Famous anti-heros from literature include Holden from The Catcher … Continue reading →