Discuss melville’s characterization of the narrator of the story using the questions which you find most revealing.
can you accept all of his judgments as reliable?
is he a noble character? why or why not?
what kind of employer is he?
whom does he come to tolerate better as employees, turkey and nippers or bartleby? why?
is he ever unreasonable in his demands on his employees?
what is the narrator’s attitude toward public opinion and the reaction of his clients and colleagues?
in your opinion, is he ultimately charitable toward bartleby? if so, what motivates his charity? why does his charity finally fail?
carefully considers and discuss the meaning of the final three sentences of the story.
what does the narrator believe that he had learned as a result of his experiences with bartleby?
what do you believe to be the major theme of melville’s story? evaluate the soundness of this theme in terms of biblical teaching. at what point in the story does melville quote the bible? for what purpose?

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

definition was not one of the four methods