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Comparing 'Two Kinds' with 'Bartleby'

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another. Sometimes, in fiction, authors will try to send messages or at least include thematic elements which are interesting to contemplate. Authors use characters to tell the stories and the  setting is important to tone and mood. Technique is also relevant. In Herman Melvilles Bartleby, the use of narration, and the provision of certain qualities to the narrator who is  the protagonist is quite important to the message the author sends. The story of Bartleby is told by a narrator, who also happens to be a lawyer. Melville is  a skilled writer who can allow the characters flaws to show in such as way as to render his words either acceptable or seen as exaggeration or folly. In other  words, when reading the narrators words, one does get a sense that something is awry; something is not right about the narrator himself, but the words nevertheless may be taken  for what they are. In other words, if one is listening to a description told by a child, or by someone who is mentally insufficient, one can glean some information  from such witnessing. And while the tale unfolds as something to be equated with mundane matters of work and such, the ending is quite compelling, letting on that the  narrator is much more insightful than first appears. Certainly, the narrator is not shallow nor is he simple. Although he may have some sort of mental problem, he is truly  sharp--as any lawyer should be--and very introspective. The idea that many creative geniuses possess some mental problems is relevant here. The narrator is very bright and so his presentation is  accurate. Throughout the work, the narrator lets on that he is not completely reliable due to his nervous nature, his disillusions, and his great expectations. At the same time,