Bartleby the Scrivener to go (Melville in 7 minutes)

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]

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]

Literally me

[@ice-choco-Icecream]

Got the same assignment, lmao

[@10G_0U7]

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

[@barboraspurna9027]

😅😅😅

[@burninglite9908]

Lmao

[@jasper4373]

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

[@jerrykuo8736]

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

[@Tenskwatawa4U]

jasper x Lazy sod.

[@jellybelly111]

Lmao same

[@rkt7414]

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

[@bridgetteahl3734]

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]

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]

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

[@jamessupernor6681]

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

[@lw393]

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 KZbin 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]

Quite poignant my friend

[@robertpalumbo9089]

it is a sit com like the office

[@jubjubjay]

This was so well done! Thank you

[@bama25689]

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

[@mikeoglen6848]

I would prefer not to...

[@terracotta6294]

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

[@afafjaber7777]

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

[@amalofoto]

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 =)

[@MaskedJackal10]

Great video!

[@clumsydad7158]

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

[@peachbellini2615]

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

[@BARUCHIAN99]

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

[@kangadillo]

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

[@chrisconroy6302]

This video was amazing

[@RonenSigan]

Excellent!

[@danaphilippe7749]

Thank you!

[@aalishag5156]

This is great!!!

[@elizdonovan5650]

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. 🌲🌝☘️

[@byronjoelrodriguez7295]

My English teacher literally told us to watch this

[@bartfart3847]

because he knew you are lazy.

[@burninglite9908]

This sounds more efficient in terms of time.

[@mehranghanbari5455]

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

[@RanDom-if2ee]

Thanks, u saved me today.

[@samcostello6853]

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

[@argenttherock1582]

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.

[@BrunoPanem456]

This was really cute

[@posaunebri]

One take? Good job!

[@SommersWorldLiteratureToGo]

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

[@Buckinghamrabbit]

nice grounds, cool apartments

[@gharibsoufiane4981]

good job

[@angelalynn2lock236]

I hope you have videos for other assignment.

[@amandamuzyka3704]

Fab job1

[@capitalv8062]

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

[@burninglite9908]

Found this while doing some homework

[@therealkunr5147]

Turkey works good in morning bad in afternoon

[@cupcakecede]

4:45 BArtLEbY!

[@markosko]

We're all bartleby

[@burninglite9908]

We all got dat Bartleby in us

[@zaaz8656]

Dictatorship of capitalism.... gobbledygook

[@beckettherbert6544]

The analysis is complete wack but the video is fun

[@luthius1011]

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

[@precious_muse]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@starless5668]

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

[@mannyfox8089]

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

[@hammercanttouchthis]

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.

[@calebm2605]

Actually reading these dumb 20 page “short stories” by English teacher gives me? I would prefer not to.

[@dantemccray6222]

the racist joke in the beginning was unnecessary, dislike 👎

[@SommersWorldLiteratureToGo]

Please let me know what you are talking about. Where do you think you heard a "racist joke"?

[@burninglite9908]

I’m not sure what racist joke ur referring to. I’d like to find out what ur referring to but I prefer not to.

[@khaledhagag1696]

Thank you