解读《书记员巴特比：华尔街的故事》中的生存危机

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1、解读《书记员巴特比：华尔街的故事》中的生存危机　　【Abstract】InAmericanwriterHermanMelville`sworkBartleby，theScrivener：AStoryofWallStreet，thecharacterofBartlebycanbereadinavarietyofways.Inthisessay，thewriterattemptstointerpretthiselusivefigureintermsofexistenceandconfusionofhumanbeingsinmodernsociety.　　【KeyWords】

2、Bartleby；TheScrivener；AStoryofWallStreet；existence　　Bartleby，TheScrivener：AStoryofWallStreetisanovellabyAmericanauthorHermanMelville（1819-1891）.Thestoryfirstappeared，anonymously，inPutnam′sMagazineintwoparts.Itisnarratedbyawell-establishedlawyeronWallStreetwhorecentlyhiresacopyistnamedBar

3、tleby.Accordingtohiswords，Bartlebyisquiteabnormalafterbeingwithhim，comparedwithothertwoworkers，TurkeyandNippers.Withhissloganof“Iwouldprefernot”，Bartleyafterseveraldays′highqualityworkbeginstoperformfewertasksandevenlivetherelater.AlthoughtryingtoreasonwithBartleby，thenarratoratlasthasto

4、giveuptheofficetogetridofthisweirdo.Thestoryendswiththelawyer′shearingofBartley′sdeathofstarvationandhispriorworkexperienceofbeingadeadletteroffice.　　Afterthefirstreading，readersmayallcouldnotresisttoaskwhoisthisBartleby？Andwhatdoesherepresentexactly？Baffledbythecharacter′sbehavior，manyc

5、riticstendtoignorehissymbolicimplicationandinfavoroflookingathiminthecontextofMelville′sownlife.However，bytakingaslimconsiderationofcurrentstateofhumanlife，Bartlebyherecanbedeemedasanaccusationtoourmodernalienatedsociety，orevenmoderncivilization.Accordingtothenormalstandards，withnohome，f

6、riends，sleeporwork，evenrefusingtoeatatlast，Bartleyisatotalfreak.Butactuallyheisjustsomeonewithautismwhoasksnomorethanaplacetostayandthink.Unfortunately，inmodernworld，thereisnoplaceinthissenseaswhereverhestands，peoplewilljudgeifitisrightandproper.AccordingtoJean-PaulSartre，wearenolongerma

7、sterofourownsituationanylongerinthatothersarealwayscapableoforganizingtheworldwhichisdifferentfromours.Therefore，compromisingtoothersseemsliketheonlywayoutwiththepaymentofourownspecialtyandpotentiality.Sartre′sfamous“Othersarehell”isthebestportrayalofthissituationwhichmea