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Bartleby, The Scrivener: Comparing The Book And Movie

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The movie vand novella version of “Bartleby, the Scrivener” both shared the same storyline set up such as the boss’s first encounter with Bartleby, the struggles Bartleby gave within the workplace, and more. Though the storyline was the same, there were some differences between the movie and the novella. The novella and the movie had differences in Bartleby’s character and differences in scenes throughout the storyline. Bartleby’s character was different in the novella and the movie. In the novella, it came off that he was polite, respectable, and it was easy to have sympathy for him. In the movie, Bartleby came off as rude and stern. For example, the boss decided to visit his office on a Sunday morning for a random checking. When he turned

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