Bartleby the Scrivener to go (Melville in 7 minutes)

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In the 19th century, he was a weirdo, today, he is a hero: Bartleby, a mysterious young rebel against the treadmill of an economic order that we call a society. Popping up in an advocates office to work as a scrivener, that is a human photocopying machine of documents, he very gently ceases to cooperate after a few days. He does not work, he does not answer questions, he does not budge, but only says: „I would prefer not to.“ If you have always wondered, whether you might just be a little cogwheel in a machine that is up to no good, here’s your hero. Michael Sommer and his Playmobil cast present a compact and entertaining summary of this classic short story. DISCLAIMER: WATCHING THIS VIDEO DOES NOT REPLACE READING THE ORIGINAL. It's just a summary, which means I have left out loads of things. I recommend reading it for yourselves
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@lyndsomg 4 года назад

Writing professor: Ok for homework you’re doing a 30 page reading. Me, looking up summary’s a day before it’s due: I would prefer not to.

@blakebramley9171 Год назад

Literally me

@ice-choco-Icecream 3 месяца назад

Got the same assignment, lmao

@10G_0U7 5 лет назад

Read this story on my own? I would prefer not to.

@barboraspurna9027 Год назад

😅😅😅

@burninglite9908 Год назад

Lmao

@jasper4373 5 лет назад

thank you for saving me the effort of reading 20 pages for a class assignment i would prefer not to do ;-D

@jerrykuo8736 5 лет назад

it's 30 pages man. Wish it was 20 LOL

@Tenskwatawa4U 5 лет назад

jasper x Lazy sod.

@jellybelly111 4 года назад

Lmao same

@rkt7414 3 года назад

What kinda condensed/abridged version are you guys reading? Pretty much everywhere in the world it's at least 80 pages long

@bridgetteahl3734 4 года назад

thank you so much for this! i tried so hard to read this but i kept falling asleep and i have a quiz on it today

@jesusfreak1996 4 года назад

Oh my God, this was beyond awesome!! I passed a restaurant with the name Bartleby and it triggered the literature piece. For some reason I couldn't remember the story, Half a second into your act, everything just flew back into my brain.I love your theatrical thing. People would be less bored in class if pieces of literature were taught in that fashion.

@katbrigman5073 5 лет назад

That was awesome. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

@lw393 6 лет назад

Melville is one of my favorites and Bartleby one of the best short stories ever written by an American - that's why I was searching RU-vid for it. But, as clever and fun as this encapsulation is, the "moral" is a disservice to the depth of the story. There is no easy answer, as there never is in Melville (cf. not only Moby Dick, but the even more beautifully unfathomable Mardi or The Confidence Man). Of course the story is partly about the cold, entrapped industrial world of the 19th century, as the subtitle "A Story of Wall Street" hints with its double meaning. Of course Bartleby is heroic in his way. But he is also pretty insufferable, and the narrator tries his best and is as tolerant and fair as any person could be faced with such inexplicable rebellion. It is unwise to give any great work of fiction one simple moral (e.g. what's Othello saying? - oh yeah, just don't unfairly suspect your wife).

@maplecrystals7935 4 года назад

Quite poignant my friend

@robertpalumbo9089 6 лет назад

it is a sit com like the office

@jubjubjay 5 лет назад

This was so well done! Thank you

@bama25689 6 лет назад

Great video, i really enjoyed watching it . very well done. I would prefer to WATCH IT AGAIN!

@mikeoglen6848 11 месяцев назад

I would prefer not to...

@jamessupernor6681 3 года назад

Was reading this in Great American Short Stories. And came across this. As you could imagine I preferred to watch it. 🤯

@terracotta6294 3 года назад

I don't think Bartleby overcame if he died but this sure is a good topic for classroom/group conversation!

@clumsydad7158 11 месяцев назад

wow, this was fantastic, had no idea this had, like, an existential comport to it, but i guess i shouldn't be surprised cause melville was brilliant

@MaskedJackal10 6 лет назад

Great video!

@afafjaber7777 5 лет назад

i would prefer not to ! what a nice statement. thanks for the video it was great!

@peachbellini2615 4 года назад

When I read this in Junior High School.. I was too young and naive to understand the subtle nuances.. I only focused on the plight of Bartleby.. I know what it's "supposed" to represent.. but I only felt genuine sympathy for him.. and Grendel when I read Beowulf

@amalofoto 5 лет назад

Sie gibt's auch auf Englisch? Uh-mazing! Sofort abboniert. Ihre videos haben mich glorreich durch meine Deutschabivorbereitungen begleitet, und jetzt wo ich Englisch studiere "begegne" ich Ihnen wieder. Ein sehr frohes Wiedersehen. Danke für die tollen Videos, und echt gutes English, BTW =)

@chrisconroy6302 4 года назад

This video was amazing

@RonenSigan 5 лет назад

Excellent!

@danaphilippe7749 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@aalishag5156 6 лет назад

This is great!!!

@kangadillo 4 года назад

This is a classy way to say "Monday Sucks."

@elizdonovan5650 5 лет назад

Try saying “I would prefer not to” to any employer (in any time) and see how that works out🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁😁😁😁😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Good explanation of the story’s main points. Like the presenters style of condensing the main points. 🌲🌝☘️

@mehranghanbari5455 6 лет назад

nice job man i liked it with my second account too :) GJ

@byronjoelrodriguez7295 3 года назад

My English teacher literally told us to watch this

@bartfart3847 2 года назад

because he knew you are lazy.

@burninglite9908 Год назад

This sounds more efficient in terms of time.

@samcostello6853 4 года назад

BRO HOW MUCH PLAYMOBIL DO YOU HAVE?! Great video btw

@BARUCHIAN99 2 года назад

Like it, you use the toy figures as visual aid!!

@RanDom-if2ee 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, u saved me today.

@argenttherock1582 4 года назад

Have to give a presentation about this in my studies tomorrow. Summarize by myself, well I would prefer not to. But I am not particular.

@Buckinghamrabbit 4 года назад

nice grounds, cool apartments

@posaunebri 7 лет назад

One take? Good job!

@SommersWorldLiteratureToGo 6 лет назад

Well, not quite, but I like to make believe ;-)

@BrunoPanem456 5 лет назад

This was really cute

@gharibsoufiane4981 3 года назад

good job

@angelalynn2lock236 3 года назад

I hope you have videos for other assignment.

@capitalv8062 3 года назад

I wish I found this a few months ago...

@burninglite9908 Год назад

Found this while doing some homework

@amandamuzyka3704 2 года назад

Fab job1

@therealkunr5147 4 года назад

Turkey works good in morning bad in afternoon

@zaaz8656 5 лет назад

Dictatorship of capitalism.... gobbledygook

@cupcakecede 3 года назад

4:45 BArtLEbY!

@markosko 3 года назад

We're all bartleby

@burninglite9908 Год назад

We all got dat Bartleby in us

@beckettherbert6544 Год назад

The analysis is complete wack but the video is fun

@luthius1011 2 года назад

I need to read a 30 page book but i preferred not to

@starless5668 5 лет назад

Ich weiß nicht, was trauriger ist, die Schüler, die sich vor dem Lesen drücken, oder die Kapitalisten...

@precious_muse 6 лет назад

Sure, you have the option to say "I prefer not to" when facing work you do not want to do, but you also have to face the consequences. When I teach this story, I tell my students this is a cautionary tale, and the moral is--do your work. If you don't do you work, there are rather serious consequences, maybe not as serious as dying, but still.

@Axgoodofdunemaul 6 лет назад

You are right to teach this lesson. But keep in mind that many of our most gifted creative people are incapable of dealing with the "competitive workplace." Also keep in mind that many of the people who "do their work" all too well grow up to be the zombie-like parasites you see in the news every day.

@michaelgeiger4043 5 лет назад

@@Axgoodofdunemaul Keep also in mind that most of our gifted creative people have maybe one in one thousand actual ideas that are good. The rest are shite. this is a statistical fact.

@mannyfox8089 3 года назад

So after all this, your opinion (stated as fact) is that Bartleby is simply an anticapitalist? Lmao.

@hammercanttouchthis 7 лет назад

Well done on this, I'd like to give you more praise but... I'd prefer not to. It's got some pseudo Orwellian undertones alongside an old school moral narrative which you outline very well.