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General Audience Essay Comment by Nicky XU: Needs new title

Introduction

Herman Melville’s one of the most famous stories is “Bartleby the Scrivener” composed in 1853. Even though its plot is very simple, but the critics have had arguments on the different interpretations of the story. Since every story is seen by different angles, the Bartleby the Scrivener has different stories inside a major story. GreenBerg (2012) also take the curtain off from the personality of Bartleby and the racial discrimination, where Bartleby calls May 1st as the day for no work, no school, despite the fact that he was too a bureaucrat. Comment by Nicky XU: New introduction

(This essay just focus on “Bartleby the Scrivener”, this is the only reading can be used.)

Thesis statement Comment by Nicky XU: Point out the thesis statement It needs to be very clear.

Bartleby is a puzzle enclosed by a riddle inside a mystery – and, a lot to a few perusers' disappointment, this problem goes unsolved toward the finish of the story. What precisely is it that makes Bartleby what he is? For what reason would not he be able to simply trade off like whatever remains of us do and coexist with society? At last, what might he like to do? None of these inquiries are responsible, and every one of them has possessed per users of "Bartleby the Scrivener" for as far back as a century and a half. His views for working class neglects the ideology of Wall Street that was far behind the ethical values and narrated a version that was based on the racism. The class-based racial discrimination was evident not only at that time but today as well. Tracing to the past, when racism was prevailing throughout the region specifically in North America. This study discusses the Casta Paintings that portrayed a symbol of racial discrimination.

1. Racial Discrimination Comment by Nicky XU: Whole part can’t be use Cancel whole “racial discrimination”

Racial Discrimination illustrated by Art

Gombrich (1995) discusses Casta paintings that are still alive visualization of racial discrimination in the exhibition halls of London. The Casta paintings are a dark face of art that can never be forgotten nor erased from the pages of history. The Casta or race, as a rule, a term used to portray blended race occupants of Spain who lived in the United States of America and the encompassing locales. The Spanish provincial period built up amid the seventeenth and eighteenth hundreds of years. Spanish Elites were offered all comforts and they were thought to be the little leaders of every town. Along these lines, the blended race culture developed in the vanquished territories and separate laws and tax collection frameworks were presented dependent on the racial framework. Comment by Nicky XU: This can’t be used

Color as an Identity of disgrace

The system of racial based classification was depending on the birth, race, color, and ethnicity. The Casta system was more than a racial classification system, in fact, it was a decisive factor in managing the economy and the taxation system. The race and color difference was so evident and huge that once upon a time, it was considered that white color means the wealthy, tax-free special person, whilst the black color, who were belonging to an African origin, became a sign of less opportunity, heavy tax, and inferior poor person. This inferiority complex made the culture more dirty and sluggish (Gombrich).

Gombrich (1995) further defines the term Casta paintings as the Casta paintings were a distinguished type of art, emerged during the eighteenth century Mexico, another Spanish colony and the affected region of racial discrimination. The paintings were revolved between the two categories, the, and the impure blood. The purity of blood was denoted to white people who were the purely Spanish origin and were the rulers of the society. While impure blood was described as the mixed-race people who were the offsprings of both the white and black. Usually, when the white skin Spanish people conquered these parts of the worlds, especially Mexico, they got married to different people belonging to different races. By the time, the result of two centuries emerged into a new phenomenon that was later called impure blood.

Painting or Racism?

The Casta paintings usually an art of mix racial people and these human paintings elaborate the white and black people both. Somewhere they are husband and wife, somewhere they are the mother and a son or daughter, and somewhere they are brother and sister and so on. There is a long queue of relationships that were portrayed in the paintings. Yes, it is somehow true that the Casta

Paintings build a consensus that the people largely did not accept the colonial imperialism imposed on them and they utterly rejected the theory of pure and the impure blood, and the difference of Casta racial classification system. Although, the Government and the clergy wanted to enumerate their own word the history proved them wrong. So, it is a face now that the local populace was united and the painters of that time portrayed that common feeling by their color brushes (Gombrich).

Effects of Racist based Painting on the Society

The Casta paintings is a true depiction of a common man living in that era, and the sentiments he or she held. The huge flow of water has been passed under the bridges but it is still a great memory and the paintings wherever these are available privately or in museums around the world, reminds us of a dirty colonial thinking that was abolished by the artists of that time, since art was the medium of expressing one's feelings, and it did well. The art clarifies the distinct position and makes a picture visible before the world that who was right and who was wrong. Spanish people and their sentiments won the fame and these were truly portrayed by the artists of that era (Gombrich).

Racism in Blood

Gombrich deeply investigates the effects of racism and said the Casta painting terminology, though, distinguished by many features; it has been the memorable thought-creating process that established a relationship among the people of different races. In fact, it abolished the difference between the pure blood and the impure blood that was proclaimed by the then lords. The difference of various origins either they were African or Hispanic was abolished and the paintings of Casta gave a clear message to the rest of the world that people are united and they did not accept the colonial system based on the racial discrimination. The elite class and the church wanted to behave arrogantly with the concurring artists' vision that was displaying true feelings of poor people but fortunately, they were not successful. The Casta paintings have left a dark spot on the Spanish colonialism, proved that the people were united on one page, and they did not realize the difference of race or color, but it was the elite and clergy who was against the poor people and called them inferior. Poor people were deprived of all the basic rights and they were treated like the animals. But, the Casta paintings has verily depicted the power of Spanish people and showed an example of unity and love among all the fellow people.

2. Liberty Comment by Nicky XU: This can be the main topic

If one discusses about the liberty, the story of Bartleby is the best example.

The narrator of the story Herman Melville, once asked Bartleby to check the papers, but the Bartleby replied with “I would prefer not to”. Bartleby’s reply astonished the narrator, who asked other office workers Turkey and Nippers about the irrelevant behavior of Bartleby, and they too raised objections over Bartleby’s behavior. The narrator sought advice from both gentlemen whether Bartley should be dismissed, but Nippers advised to keep him for more few days since the work of Bartley was extraordinarily well. All were unable to understand the complex nature of Bartleby (Melville, 1856).

One day, the legal counselor endeavors to stop into the office on a Sunday, yet he can't open the entryway. His key is blocked. At that point, the entryway opens from the all-around pops Bartleby, who has moved into the office (Melville, 1856).

With Bartleby living at the office and doing no work, the legal counselor, at last, chooses to move his office to another building. Be that as it may, it isn't some time before the occupant of the new building appears, needing to know who the hell Bartleby is, and for what reason is he living there. The legal advisor endeavors to hold no obligation regarding Bartleby, yet the new inhabitant brings the landowner, and they continue until the point when the attorney consents to talk with Bartleby. Thus he attempts. He offers to enable Bartleby to land any sort of position he needs. Yet, Bartleby says he'd not lean toward any of them (Melville, 1856).

At last, the new tenant has Bartleby evacuated by the police and taken to a New York imprison called the Tombs. The legal counselor visits Bartleby there. He pays the grub-man to furnish Bartleby with better nourishment. In any case, Bartleby quits eating, by and large, saying he'd lean toward not to eat. Toward the end, the storyteller shows up and discovers Bartleby dead.

Bartleby, an Independent Person

Bartleby is a very disturbed person whose complex nature cannot be understood by anyone of his colleague. Why and how he behaved so irrelevantly with everyone regardless of the position. And, most of the times his answer was "I would prefer not to". In reality, Bartleby’s passive resistance was a result of his psychological stoicism that stresses him out to stand against the capitalist, oppressor and the head, whenever anything goes against his nature or routine work. Comment by Nicky XU: Continue this part.

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