The Prudent Samaritan: Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener
Doloff, Steven. The Prudent Samaritan: Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” as Parody of Christ’s Parable to the Lawyer. Studies in Short Fiction. 34.3 (Summer 1997): p357. From Literature Resource Center.
The critical essay, “The Prudent Samaritan: Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” as Parody of Christ’s Parable to the Lawyer” by Steven Doloff was very interesting, his comparison with religion came to me as a surprise. Never did I imagine the similarity of the parable with stories from the bible. Professor Doloff and colleagues argue that many scenarios that “Bartleby, the Scrivener” are from the bible, for instance, “And, behold, certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, He said unto him, What is written in the law? How readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself” (10:25-28). Although the passage is short, I believe that Professor Doloff was on the right track with his comparison.
Professor Steven Doloff seems to be a well-known literature instructor from Pratt Institute, he received a B.A. at State University of New York At Stony Brook, a Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center. Professor Doloff was named a Pratt Institute Distinguished Professor (2001) and received the Institute’s Student Government Association Faculty Excellence Award (1990). I am sure with the education Professor Doloff has received he is qualified to write a scholarly article. The article is different from my point of view so it will help me analyze what I wrote to make my work more interesting. However, I am not very religious, therefore, I will have to research some of the material that Professor Doloff mentioned in the parable.
As I mentioned earlier I believe that by having another point of view it can help with flaws that my comparison might have or vice versa. The article was very easy to read and that
The critical essay, “The Prudent Samaritan: Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener” as Parody of Christ’s Parable to the Lawyer” by Steven Doloff was very interesting, his comparison with religion came to me as a surprise. Never did I imagine the similarity of the parable with stories from the bible. Professor Doloff and colleagues argue that many scenarios that “Bartleby, the Scrivener” are from the bible, for instance, “And, behold, certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, He said unto him, What is written in the law? How readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself” (10:25-28). Although the passage is short, I believe that Professor Doloff was on the right track with his comparison.
Professor Steven Doloff seems to be a well-known literature instructor from Pratt Institute, he received a B.A. at State University of New York At Stony Brook, a Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center. Professor Doloff was named a Pratt Institute Distinguished Professor (2001) and received the Institute’s Student Government Association Faculty Excellence Award (1990). I am sure with the education Professor Doloff has received he is qualified to write a scholarly article. The article is different from my point of view so it will help me analyze what I wrote to make my work more interesting. However, I am not very religious, therefore, I will have to research some of the material that Professor Doloff mentioned in the parable.
As I mentioned earlier I believe that by having another point of view it can help with flaws that my comparison might have or vice versa. The article was very easy to read and that