Bartleby The Scrivener Essay

Everyday gets worse”(Office Space).While this quotation is from the film, sadly many people feel this way about their jobs. In various texts it can be connected to “Life Without Principle”. The reader should note though, is that in Thoreau's arguments he makes a clear understanding that people should choose a job for the love of it. Unfortunately for many people it is unrealistic.
When people have a job that they hate, there's no effort to put all their efforts in the work. In the story “Bartleby the Scrivener”, Bartleby is the type of worker Thoreau cautions against. For example, when Bartleby says “I would prefer not to...”(Melville, 81). Based on this, the “passive resistance” as the Lawyer called it, seems as if the intention was obvious to keep himself away of doing anything. It is questionable that Thoreau did the same.For example, when he says “The aim of the laborer should be, not to get his living to get a good job...”(259).Based on this, in one opinion by aiming at a lower expectation of work, there's no higher purpose to do the job. The way that Bartleby connects …show more content…
While reading Life Without Principle, it was pointed out that how people should live. For example in the text he says “You must get your living by loving”(Melville). Based on this, Thoreau was pointing out that people should try and find a job that could lead to a career that they may love. To find a career that one could see themselves viewing it as a hobby instead of a job. Similarly in the film Office Space, the character Johanna realized that the job she had was not worth keeping. For example when she tells her boss, “ I hate this job. I hate this goddamn job and I don't need it!”(Office Space). In the film Johanna was finally fed up with her boss annoying demands during the job. She expresses herself by telling him how she felt and then she decides to quit. The way that these two connect is the way one knows what to do for in a

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