The main character in Bartleby, the Scrivener is indeed an interesting one. Although the name of the story may give the impression that the main character is Bartleby, it is in fact the narrator whom we learn the most about. The narrator is described as a very orderly person. His actions and speech demonstrate his fastidious ways. The narrator even shows the reader right from the beginning that he prefers to go about in an orderly fashion, by the fact that he absolutely must give background about his life and work, before he can begin to tell us about his employee. "Ere introducing the scrivener...if is fit I make some m

In conclusion, the authors through distinct techniques develop the main characters of Bartleby, the Scrivener and The Tenant both. The authors of the two stories use setting and plot, narration, and conduct to portray the characters so that the reader better understands them.

Like the narrator in Bartleby, the narrator in The Tenant happens to be the main character. In dissimilar ways than the narrator of Bartleby, Maya is also a lost person. Maya's character provides the reader with insight into a world of two clashing cultures. Maya has had a very conflicting life, seeing that she is from India, but has been in America for ten years. Maya seems to be going through almost an identity crisis; confused in that she does not know whether to call herself Indian or American. Maya still holds some beliefs about stereotypical Indian women. She shows this when she thinks that she has to cook her friend some exotic Indian dish, because that is what is expected of Indian women. "She realizes Indian women are supposed to be inventive with food, whip up exotic delights to tickle an American's palate..." (103). Although Maya has an Indian background, she has Americanized herself - or so she believes. "She is an American citizen. But" (104). "She has broken with the past. But" (105). Here, by writing both "Buts", the author indicates that there is something missing, that there is more to the picture than can be seen at the surface. The setting in the story also reflects Maya's confusion, due to the contrasting cultures she has taken on. At first, when she is at her own house with her friend Fran, Maya's character is described in a way that does not give a sense that she is "home." It seems as though Maya has never had a real home. Her whole life she has been moving from one place to another. "Maya Sanyal has been in Cedar Falls, Iowa, less than two weeks ... from New Jersey. Before that she was in North Carolina. Before that, Calcutta, India" (102). The title of the story mirrors this nature of Maya's character, in that she has always been a tenant wherever she goes. She has never had a permanent residence and appears as though she does not know where she belongs, so she continues to travel from place to place nomadically. When the setting takes place at Dr. Chatterji's house, Maya also does not feel comfortable in such an extreme Indian environment. "She doesn't want to let go of Mrs. Chatterji. She doesn't want husband and wife to get into whispered conferences about their guest's misadventures in America, as they make tea in the kitchen" (106). Also, Mr. Chatterji's charact

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