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  • I have never read this but I did see a film based on it called Bartleby starring Crispin Glover....you may enjoy that one. Glover is a funny guy.

  • that's a very difficult movie to find. i remember when it came out in theaters and i passed on it because i had to read the book so many times. when i was in hollywood, i had the urge to see it, but i couldn't find it. i found it two weeks ago and marissa and i watched it. glover nailed it. good movie. glad i finally saw it. thanks for the comment, jason.

  • Read a summarized version of it during high school, as part of the English book we were given. It messed me up, but in a good way. Though I give better credit to 1984 and Brave New World for doing it better. ;)

  • i think bartleby is completely different than brave new world and 1984. those are novels about authoritarian governments whereas bartleby is the humble story of a scrivener. thanks for the comment, dude.

  • It's one of my favorite writers, and my favorite short story of his.

  • thanks for sharing. i've never read moby dick but i've always wanted to. maybe someday.

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  • do you actually get to read Kafka in school?

  • columbia in chicago?

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    WOW this is an old comment! Forgot about this completely. So I honestly don't know what I could have been getting at with what I said...though I can guess. Perhaps I was alluding to the futility they felt in the machine that was their world. That no matter what they did, passively or aggressively, the vile nature of the world they saw would remain the same. That's about as close as I can get to it all. If there's more to it, it's anyone's guess what was on my mind back then.

  • I.Love.This.Book. Thank you for making me aware of it, I just read it and it's probably a favorite.

  • @rickyshore

    They are related on the note of how hopeless and dismal things can be. Of which Brave New World and 1984 powerhouse Bartleby. :D

    Though I'm cool with the idea of a remake of Bartleby wherein the story takes place in a authoritarian government. Could be fun. ;)

  • Never heard of this but sounds interesting.

    Nice vid Alex !!!!

  • glad you appreciated it. let me know what you think if you read the story.

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