Weaknesses seen in AI.

Strengths students saw in AI.

How students used AI.

what they did.

The study argues that students can use AI productively for writing, and that students learn real lessons about writing when they work with AI, not just cheat with it.

Wang et al. study how college students actually use AI tools like ChatGPT while writing application letters and personal statements. The researchers had 47 U.S. college students use AI to complete a real class assignment, then answer open-ended survey questions about what worked, what didn’t, and what they learned. The study found that students usually went through multiple rounds of prompts. They said AI was helpful for structure, professional wording, and connecting résumé details to the job or program. However, students also said the AI writing was often generic, repetitive, too robotic, and lacked personal voice or emotion. Students recommended improving AI drafts by adding personal stories, emotions, and specific details. Overall, most students felt positive about writing with AI, but the authors warn that teachers still need clear rules and guidance. This source helps show how real students use AI in writing and what strengths and weaknesses they notice firsthand

So far gathering that reading improves mental health and brain development and that's the main points to creating urgency to make the readers care and be more engage with the text.

their credentials

Its explain the "why" reading is important.

Parents are reading less to their kids and how is this going to affect them later on?

so maybe earlier the speculation about economic pressure and economic standing correlate to how people are able to spend their free-time--probably a stretch

this is how many people did this survey and there's no specifics if this is at random or carefully selected based on economic standing, age, race, etc.

psychological benefits

speculating

the cause for a decline in social interaction?

Dr.Fancourt's credentials

there's an array of media to be read...so where's the data drawn from?

statics (logos)

She thinks that Gatsby is a bit charming.

a conclusion is to recap what has been said

this is how a strong introduction should have

this is the structure of the essay and its like if your were speaking yourself.

Flowers emphasized that settlers need to accept hearing “no” from Indigenous people. They need to give up the advantages they hold in society, and speak out against their own government’s harmful actions, even when they don’t get praise or approval from Indigenous communities. Settlers should do the right thing because it is the right thing to do, not because they want to be thanked or seen as “good allies.”

Thesis Flowers argues that forgiveness, as often demanded in reconciliation politics that asks the oppressed to surrender resentment. Our state (Canada) apologies for residential schools, are one-time events, not structural transformation. Forgiveness presumes a single, past event, whereas colonialism is a continuing structure and it is still happening. It is not a past event only. Refusing to forgive Is both rejection of colonial violence and affirmation of Indigenous law, teachings, and love. It is especially justified given ongoing violence against Indigenous women and children. Flowers closes with stories of her grandmother and great-grandmother, who both enacted refusal in everyday encounters with racism and dispossession, showing how refusal can be a small but powerful reclaiming of dignity and agency.

Anger and resentment are not opposite to love here; they arise because of deep love and responsibility. Love is often directed inward toward community, culture, land, and ancestors, not toward the colonial state. Indigenous women’s resistance is powered by both love and rage.

Thesis: Flowers critiques how discourse around Indigenous women’s resistance to forgive centers around “love” for ancestors who endured violence, love for herself, and love for indigenous communities that continued to face colonial harms. When Canada asks for forgiveness for their harmful actions towards indigenous people, it is hard for an indigenous woman to forgive Canada as the colonialism and racism is continuing in Canada through discreet actions of government like not giving access to clean water to indigenous communities, not allowing their cultural practices in community areas, unfair treatments by police officer towards indigenous communities, and targeting indigenous women in trafficking and rape incidents. The anger in many indigenous women towards settlers is legitimate. Sometimes this happens in ways that take away the political importance of emotions like anger, resentment, and refusal. This relates to feminist ideas about how feelings and power are connected.

Flowers critiques discourse of 'coexistence' that ignores colonial structure. I’ve seen many activist spaces that prioritize harmony over addressing power. It takes a strong soul to address structural problems like colonial violence and patriarchal behaviours the way Flower presented in this article.

The story of Flowers’ great‑grandmother’s refusal in a grocery store illustrates refusal as sovereignty and intergenerational strength. When it comes to the violence against Indigenous women, Flowers notes that activists often emphasize victims’ “lovability” to counter stereotypes, but this can sideline women who don’t fit idealized images of “loveable” frame of mind. She insists that naming ongoing colonial and white supremacy violence is necessary. Indigenous women refuse to forgive because the harm is still continuing in Canada towards many indegenous people on daily basis.

It refers to continues power and colonialism over marginalized people by settlers or by white supremacy. Settler society benefits from Indigenous forgiveness because it allows the colonial state to avoid responsibility and maintain a sense of innocence.

Narratives emphasizing that victims were 'loved' can reinforce respect towards the lost souls and the suffering families. How does framing missing and murdered Indigenous women primarily as “loved” individuals weaken our ability to confront the real source of the violence like ongoing colonialism and white male violence? Flowers also shows that narratives emphasizing that victims were 'loved' or 'innocent' can unintentionally reinforce creates a harmful idea that only “good,” “pure,” or “respectable” Indigenous women deserve to be protected, mourned, or taken seriously. This limits justice and compassion to those who fit a narrow, socially approved image of the “deserving victim.” It also sidelines women who don’t fit those stereotypes like such as sex workers, women struggling with addiction, homeless women, or women who have been criminalized.

Hul’qumi’num’ concepts show resentment is not pathological but relational. It connects to Indigenous feminist epistemologies. Indigenous feminist epistemologies connect us to what counts as knowledge, who can be a knower, and how we know. Indigenous feminist epistemology asks how gendered, racialized, and colonial power shape what is seen as “truth.” As of now “anger” in indigenous feminist is seen or “framed” as a rage or as a “bad woman” attitude in the eyes of settlers or heteropatriarchal mindsets. However, only a true indigenous woman would understand that anger is a form of love for their communities, for their own selves, and for all the women, men, and children who lost their lives on the name of “civilization” on Canadian souls. And it is showing the respect towards whose lost souls to end the continues violence and unfair treatments towards indigenous communities. I think not only indigenous women, but all the feminists who have been seeing the continues form of colonialism and inequities should be angry and should refuse to forgive until the transformation of change comes in its true form on Canadian grounds.

of course they want to feel significant

If I squint a little bit, I think I can find the mint notes. This is definitely not an overly sweet bourbon though--- I suppose that's the rye shining through. Warm, well-balanced, with lots to say.

great for paraphrase

Researching variation more could lead to higher education for all in the long run

another example for body paragraph

direct quote, good quote for the body paragraph explaining variation use

example for variation in language used to educate

main purpose of article

example of importance

main purpose of the article good for direct quote

key example of body paragraphs

basis of conclusion for this article

And now, on top of this, there's the issue of such high amounts of water being needed to cool AI computers that scarcity is only increasing. This is a resource that EVERYONE NEEDS TO SURVIVE, but it's treated like garbage and I cannot fathom why.

Why are wetlands some of the most populated areas on earth? For something that appears inhabitable, there is such a wide variety of life that dwells in them, and somehow, its a collection of some of the most dangerous creatures.

Is this not one of the main things they are meant to prevent? We as humans are GREAT at shooting ourselves in the foot.

If the sentiment that water is more precious than oil is generally accepted, why is it not better protected? All of our bodies of water are polluted beyond belief, many areas have severe shortages of water due to said pollution as well as diseases, and at least in terms of the U.S. government, we don't see much happening to preserve or clean up what is quite literally the most important resource on the planet.

Wineburg et al. identifies how scholar's credibility/accuracy practices are outdated and in-malleable to change.

Why seven minutes? Could it be because of the article's length -or because it creates a compromise between the time for standard/surface-level and deep analysis. Is this an Albert Wesker reference? (joking).

Does this make water striders the Jesus of the bug world

Honestly, completely unrelated, but how is it that people develop an allergy to water? There's been several cases of it, but its such a pure element that I genuinely have to wonder.

communication difficulties

these variations of English are not very different but are perceived as different due to comprehension difficulties.

This is from the book Sociolinguistics by Richard Hudson who is a white man. He is explaining that this version of Standard English has only been formed through conscious effort not through natural and external factors.

Standard English is "deliberate intervention by society" but why not the other versions of English? this is an example of bias.

The species of dialogue are not particular ways of speaking? They are separate varieties of one language (English)

It was hard for professionals to ignore mistakes in English language discussions in the 80s ( 40 years ago )

Def. "The study of social dimensions of language" (Britannica)

This is a very well thought out comparison between the two entries. I think it was especially impressive to notice that although the differences were more substantial, you made a point to acknowledge the importance of their shared similarities and explained how that might show the motivations behind the culture.

I find this experience with the week 9 work to be very interesting with how much it contrasts with my own. From what is written I believe you have more experience with 3D modeling so that probably played a part in why you enjoyed it so much more. The workaround you came up with for confirming it was a genuine object was genius, I hope your final project goes well.

Used to education people on topics.

• Modern knowledge work is dominated by interruptions (meetings, Slack, emails), making long, focused blocks of work rare.
• The author models a workday using three key parameters: λ (interruptions per hour), Δ (recovery time after each interruption), and θ (minimum uninterrupted block needed for meaningful work).
• Interruptions are treated as a (simplified) Poisson process, but in reality they often come in clusters, which further worsens the ability to regain focus.
• Recovery time Δ represents how long it takes to rebuild mental context; even short “quick questions” can cost 10–20 minutes of effective productivity.
• Theta θ captures that five 10‑minute blocks are not equivalent to one 50‑minute block, because fragmented time below θ produces little real progress.
• The concept of “capacity” is defined as how many θ‑sized chunks fit into all focus blocks, using a floor function, so small changes in block lengths or θ can dramatically change effective output.
• Simulations of 100 days show that with harsh parameters (e.g., λ ≈ 3, Δ ≈ 20, θ = 60), long focus blocks are extremely rare and many days have almost no deep work.
• Empirical studies report very high interruption/activity-switch rates (e.g., activity switches every ≈3 minutes, or interruptions every ≈2 minutes for heavy collaborators), implying real-world λ is often far worse than the “toy” examples.
• Under high λ (e.g., 15 interruptions/hour) and moderate Δ, simulated days become walls of interruptions with almost no 15‑minute blocks, illustrating how deep work becomes statistically impossible.
• When λ and Δ are reduced (e.g., λ = 1, Δ = 10), most days contain multiple 60‑minute blocks, showing that structural conditions—not personal discipline—largely drive good vs. bad days.
• A heatmap over λ and Δ visualizes expected capacity; “good,” “typical,” and “terrible” zones differ dramatically in how many deep-work blocks they allow.
• Increasing θ (e.g., from 30 to 60 minutes) sharply reduces capacity in typical/terrible regimes, explaining why big, hard tasks feel impossible while smaller tasks remain doable.
• Monte Carlo simulations (many repeated day simulations) estimate expected capacity for each (λ, Δ, θ) combination, relying on the law of large numbers.
• Reducing λ is the most powerful lever: going from 1 to 2 interruptions/hour can slash the probability of getting three 60‑minute blocks from about 70% to about 14% in the example.
• Many interruptions are self-inflicted (e.g., frequent inbox/Slack checking), so batching communication and making access to your attention more “expensive” can substantially improve conditions.
• Matching θ to your environment means breaking high‑θ projects into smaller independent tasks, and reserving low‑λ windows (e.g., early mornings) for the longest, hardest work.
• Reducing Δ involves leaving breadcrumbs (notes to self), avoiding wide context switches, and using small rituals to re-enter focus so that resumption is faster.
• The core message is that deep work is rare not because of individual weakness but because λ and Δ in modern workplaces make it mathematically unlikely.
• Small structural changes—slightly fewer interruptions, somewhat shorter recovery, smaller-task design—can shift the whole distribution of days from “fragmented by default” to “deep work routinely possible.”
• The author recommends experimenting with a protected 90‑minute daily block as a personal lab to observe how λ, Δ, and θ play out and to reclaim focus

I'm kind of surprised Russian has a rather short list. considering how closely they competed with the USA during the cold war, I would assume that Russia would have a similar amount of development in the field of programming.

Hall is basically saying that we aren't born already knowing how to make sense of the world. The way we classify things, understand situations, and even decide what makes sense comes from our culture, not our biology. We learn from the people around us. We pick up shared meanings without even realizing it.

this reminds me that we shouldn't just accept things at face value. we have to actually pay attention to how things are being shown and what message that creates. Hall's basically saying that the media doesn't just reflect reality, it shapes it by adding meaning, changing meaning, or even creating it from scratch. so when we see people or events in the media, we're not seeing the real thing, we're seeing someone else's version of it.

Notice the contrasting views of Nanny and Janie.

Nanny has had a rougher early life compared with Janie, being a former slave, and as a result, she doesn't even care about love. Having someone like Logan as a husband would be unimaginably good to Nanny when she was Janie's age.

Janie never faced slavery, and takes personal safety for granted, so she wants personal fulfillment as well.

Held at a distance but also "no allowable identities linked to standardness" ?

this is sad to me

to conclude, we should be aware of the privilege in written work grading and resist the troubles that it brings. We should be more diverse in perspectives so that privilege does not show up as often.

Definitely not. I was particularly annoyed that many things were presented as a dichotomy when plenty of nuanced responses were possible. For example, they gave the choice of either banning or keeping bots, no compromise. However, there's many types of bots and I'd rather filter them than choose either of the presented choices.

I think it would be good for users but definitely not beneficial for the company. As long as users are involved in the business or decision making, the dynamic will not be balanced. The company won’t be able to take full control, or it will cost them more to manage everything.

In the United States, I feel that capitalism is everywhere. For example, dentists offer services that many people can’t afford without insurance. Society also puts pressure on people by making “nice white teeth” seem very important, so people end up spending thousands of dollars on dental work.

When I read section 19.1.3 about fiduciary duty and the Friedman doctrine, it really makes me feel like users basically have no real power on platforms like Meta. Even if a CEO personally want to care more about user well-being or ethics, the system kind of punish them if profits go down, so they are pushed to choose shareholders first. It feels a bit scary that even “good intentions” from leaders are not enough, because the whole structure of capitalism is pushing in the opposite direction. It also makes me question if telling people “just choose better companies or better CEOs” is actually helpful, since the problem seem more like the rules of the game, not only the people playing it.

In source [s15], Doctorow’s idea of “enshittification” feels very accurate for many platforms I used before, not only TikTok. First they act super nice to users so everyone joins, then slowly more and more value is taken away from users and given to advertisers and investors, until the site feels kind of annoying or even hostile to use. For me this connects a lot to the chapter’s discussion of fiduciary duty, because it shows how profit-max logic slowly squeezes both users and even business customers over time. It makes me wonder if any big social media platform that relies on ads and surveillance capitalism can really avoid this pattern in the long run, or if this “enshittification curve” is basically built-in.

Not much of a narrative in this article because there is not much information to be had.

The first time that I've seen anyone else involved in the article that is not the police, FBI, or Musk

Terrorist attack narrative, not the troubled soldier narrative.

connection between New Orleans and LV

This article investigates the connections, where every other article said that they have nothing to do with one another.

Connection between this incident and the New Orleans incident narrative continues. Have yet to say that there is no correlation.

Blames the Cybertruck

Another instance that blames the Tesla for exploding and killing someone right away. The article should say later that it was not actually the truck that did it, and that the man committed suicide, but this headline does not make that clear at all.

Saying the Cybertruck is great narrative. Giving free advertising for the prices as well.

Contributes to the terrorist attack narrative, highlighting the fact that this was a Tesla in front of a Trump hotel, where the two work together, and the article shows that.

Still leaves room for the possibility that there is a link. Other sources close this completely.

Continues the narrative of the troubled soldier and mental illness is the highlight.

Comes later, why did they elude to the fact that the explosion killed him in the first sentence?

Saying that the person died from the explosion, other sources say that this person died from suicide.

I found this information to be very important. I was aware of the different licenses, but gaining some literacy about their meaning and its representation makes a big difference when selecting and engaging with diverse OERs. I would love to see practical examples of how these licenses can be applied.

Continued narrative of praising Musk and his products.

Shifting the blame to the rental car company.

Narrative of praising the Cybertruck, that it is something that can protect yourself and others around you.

Reason why the person is not highlighted as being an army man, is because they have yet to determine who this person was. This could mean that the earlier the article was released, the more likely that they believe this was a terrorist attack based on the location and use of the Tesla.

Something all of the articles can agree upon.

Talking about the truck itself exploding, no mention of who the driver actually was. This is different from the previous articles that I've read, where the fact that he was an Army man was the first thing mentioned. This is shifting the blame to more of the truck.

In this article, the authors talk about how this doesn't have a connection upon bringing up the New Orleans incident, where other articles have let the reader read about the incident first, possibly eluding to the fact that it's up to the reader's interpretation on whether or not the two are connected.

This talks about the event having a suspect, meaning that there was a crime involved.

This took until some of the last things that are highlighted in the article, where for others, it is the first. This article makes it seem like the others are insignificant to the story.

Showing that this man was a good person, the article in no way talks about how this may have been a criminal act, much different than other articles.

This word makes it seem that the explosion was impressive

Already shows the significance of who he was, contributing to the narrative of a victim of PTSD. The headline seems to elude to the fact that the soldier was the victim in the scenario, to suicide, nothing of the people that were injured from explosion is mentioned in the headline.

This line makes sense to me because it explains how easy it is to stop questioning the media we see everyday. When something is constantly shown, like stereotypes in movies or the way certain groups are shown. It starts to feel normal even if it's totally inaccurate. This makes Hall's point, that we have to step back and actually think about what we're being shown instead of just absorbing it without realizing, clear.

Make sure not to overlook students sitting right in front of you over students sitting in the back of the classroom

I often do this when I am speaking with friends or cousins. Mixing in a few Spanish words here and there into the conversation.

Whenever bilingual people are speaking with friends or family members who are bilingual as well, they tend to mix in a word of the other language into the conversation.

Would I be considered a balanced bilingual? I have no problem switching back and forth from languages and started learning both Spanish and English since birth.

what does it mean by balanced bilingual? does it mean someone who is able to switching back and forth between languages with no problem..?

An example of myself with this is that I use Spanish whenever I am at home because that is what my parents speak. At school or at work I use a mix of English and Spanish or one specific language around a specific person. (no idea if that makes sense)

Would proficient mean fluent in speaking, reading, or writing? Or in all?

I think it is interesting that more than half of the world is bilingual.

It allows speakers to express the full range of their cultural belonging. Moving between English and Spanish, they share cultural signifiers, like humors, dichos, and family language.

Code switching isn't just a linguistic skills but also empowerment. Being able to move freely between languages allows the speaker to maintain their identity.

hegemony: leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.

linguistic hegemony: the dominance of one language. (example: telling a child to speak "beautifully" avoiding words from their native language)

From what I understand, it wasn't communication but survival..?

The type of genre shows how you are supposed to write your paper.

When quoting a print source, you should always include the page number where the quote originally appears.

This quote reveals how this adaptation of MSD, repurposes the origional motives of Oberon the king, to a more playful and feminist/queer view from Ms.Tebbit. It adds to the film's overarching theme of inclusion and transformation within a community.

This quote highlights how Timothy transforms and expresses himself through fashion and language. His adaption of the existing shakespearean text reveal his true desires and personal identity. Changing the lyrics, ultimately created the love potion, which changes all the relationships around him to what he invisions.

Whatever time is set as the prime insertion point will be the starting point for the late comers (usually the start of any important point you dont want those late to the meeting to miss).

Those who join before the prime insertion point will join the meeting in progress up to this mark.

If it is not enabled then the meeting will start from the top for anyone who joins.

Version 6 of this preprint has been peer-reviewed and recommended by Peer Community in Ecology.<br /> See the peer reviews and the recommendation.

Hughes uses explicit wording to confront the reader with the cruel reality of racism. He utilized words that demoralize African Americans. The repeated rejection of the boy by his white father highlights the examples of social and family dysfunctions caused by racism. By exposing this , Hughes is taking an anti racist approach by the way he reviews and refuses to normalize the racist attitudes of others.

not possible to perform in a way that's authentic vs. authenticity not existing – two slightly different ideas

moreover, though: mastodon getting stuck, posting anyway

[STY] Long, exhaustive sentences: Bore and confuse the reader -> stuplime (Ngai).

[STY] Long, exhaustive sentences: Bore and confuse the reader -> stuplime (Ngai).

[STY] Minute detail.

[STY] Comical rambling.

[SCH] The linguistic importance of the "would prefer": This response neither demands nor expresses desire. However, his apparent politeness is illusory. Bartleby refuses to provide the kind of submissive, socially expected reply, such as “Could you please excuse me from this task because... (and provide an acceptable reason).” (Kuebrich 309) ; "In his refusal of the Master’s order, Bartleby does not negate the predicate; rather, he affirms a non-predicate: he does not say that he doesn’t want to do it; he says that he prefers (wants) not to do it. This is how we pass from the politics of “resistance” or “protestation,” which parasitizes upon what it negates, to a politics which opens up a new space outside the hegemonic position and its negation (Žižek 381-382).

[INT] Bartleby's continuous presence can be interpreted along the lines of the entrenchment of the capitalist work ethic into the everyday. When compared with the aims of this project, Batleby being "always there" can be read analogous to us being "always there" in digital spaces -> Crary's notion of the 24/7.

[INT] Bartleby's appearance, his seeming untouchedness of the strangeness of the situation leaves the lawyer perplexed -> Stuplimity.

[SCH] Bartleby's language has infiltrated the workspace: "With each repetition, “I would prefer not to” gains an inexplicable power, becoming increasingly compelling and irresistible. Bartleby’s persistent, almost incantatory response subtly permeates the daily language of the narrator and his colleagues" (Kuebrich 309).

[INT] Even though the lawyer has paid Bartleby to leave, etsbalished that Bartleby is fired and thus not allowed to work or live on the premises of the office anymore, Bartleby still remains there.

[SCH] Importance of "I am occupied" for contemporary culture: This negative declaration confronts the narrator of Herman Melville’s 1853 short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” when he tries to unlock the door to the Wall Street law firm that he himself owns" (Castronovo 253).

[INT] The lawyer worries about his social reputation and professional standing of Bartleby were to stay in his office..

[INT] The coda conlcudes with an external report that the narrator was given after Bartleby's death: Apparently, Bartleby had been employed at a Dead Letter Office in Washington before, meaning that he had to talke care of letters addressed at people already deceived. Before applying for a job at the lawyer's office, he was let off surprisingly, presumably leading him to lose his fortune and maybe also his social ties. That would explain his peculiar isolated situation when he came into the story's plot, but the exact circumastances remain for speculation.

[INT] Contrary to what the other characters assumed, Bartleby is, in fact, already dead. Only the lawyer notices it.

[INT] The lawyer thinks Bartleby to be insane.

[INT] A grub-man is a person who provides food of higher quality to prisoners who can afford it. The grub-man is another result of the capitalist circumstances and class differences in New York at the time the story is set.

[INT] Active denial of responsibility on the lawyer's side. American virtues like self-reliance and Protestant ethics of hard work and merit guide the lawyer in his assessment.

[INT] This is the first time Bartleby expresses a different emotion other than dispreference or nonchalance - he expresses active dislike or even resentment. Clearly, he understands what the lawyer does not; that the lawyer's obedience to the capitalist system has played a significant role in why and how Bartleby ended up in prison.

[INT] For the lawyer, Bartleby does not belong in prison - technically, he did not commit any grave crimes but nobody knew what else to do with a person that does not fit into society. As in the office, Bartleby is staring at a brick wall, seemingly disinterested in his surroundings.

[INT] As a federal response to Bartleby not leaving the premises of his old work, he was sent to prison. Prison - over 100 years ago until now, present day USA, is the place system crashers like Bartleby are being put if they do not comply with society's (capitalist) demands.

[INT] The lawyer gives up trying to persuade Bartleby, consoling himself with the thought that he had done "everything that he possible could" for everyone involved- the community, Bartleby and, most importantly, his own conscience.

[INT] The lawyer is losing his temper now for the first time actually, in open confrontation.

[SCH] "Bartleby declines all of these offers and so his complaint seems to be more fundamental than mere personal preference. Three times Bartleby simply states: "I am not particular." Melville spins a pun on the adjective. On the one hand, Bartleby is saying that he is not particular, or "choosey," about the work he does; his dissatisfaction is not with the work environment or the nature of the work but with the employer-employee relationship.On the other hand, by stressing that he is not "particular," Bartleby is also asserting that he is not "unique" but a member of a class: dependent, wage-earning employees" (Kuebrich 400).

[INT] Now the lawyer is actively threatening Barnebly.

[INT] Bartleby's answer, like always, is blunt and straightforward -> comical element, even though plot turns more and more sour.

[INT] Now thrown out of the offices but still living in the building, Bartleby proves to be a "burden" for the community.

[INT] Again, another instance of the lawyer only seeing Bartleby as a worker, not as another human being.

[INT] Lawyer concludes that the only way of getting rid of Bartleby is not by offering him motives to move out, but to move his own offices elsewhere. Since Bartleby is not dependent on his labor for the lawyer anymore, but much more dependent on the office as a place to live, the lawyer thinks by moving offices, Bartleby is simply not a problem for him anymore.

[INT] Lawyer's pity still the most obvious motive behind his actions.

[INT] Another instance of the lawyer's frequent Biblical analogies.

[INT] The narrator's repulsion has now transformed into actual resentment.

[INT] The lawyer is utterly content with his "kind" handling of the Bartleby-situation.

[INT] In economic-charitable demeanor, the lawyer offers Bartleby money for leaving him.

[INT] Bartleby is thrown out the premises, with him now being no productive part of the enterprise anymore.

[INT] Bartleby has gotten sick and now totally refuses to work.

[INT] Lawyer aims at forging a more personal relationship to his worker by calling him a "friend", but only in order for him to go after his labor properly again. The forged empathy stems out of a economic desire.

[SCH] Bartleby modifies his answer. This has been interpreted as a form of empathizing with his boss, or at least seeing his efforts in trying to understand his situation: "These passages are important because they show not only that Bartleby is personally touched by the intimations of a more personal or caring employer but also that he is not, as various critics have proposed, schizophrenic, autistic, or suffering from some other form of personality disorder (Kuebrich 402).

[INT] The lawyer attempts to find out more about his clerk, in trying to relate to him, he humanizes Bartleby. Bartleby however refuses to let his boss know anything about himself -> [SCH]: Lack of biography of protagonist questions narrative ground stones (Verdicchio 440).

[INT] Bartleby's behavior does not fit the social norms and thus the lawyer deems him mentally ill.

[INT] Pity transfroms into repulsion. The lawyer's empathy is restricted and Bartleby's perceived irrationality and his physical circumstances make the lawyer uneasy.

[INT] Description of Bartleby's peculiarities.

[INT] First instance of direct comparison between the lawyer and Bartleby on the grounds of their inherent humanity that the lawyer however phrases through Biblical analogy. Despite their difference in class, the lawyer reflects on their humanness, yet because their difference in class, this reflection is limited to pity.

[INT] Upon discovering that Bartleby indeed lives in the office and must be homeless, the lawyer is again swept by pity and acknowledges Bartleby's alienation and loneliness. Bartleby becomes more and more human in the narrator's eyes.

[INT] To the lawyer's surprise, Bartleby seems to be living in the office spaces, as he unexpectly meets him when just wanting to check on the premises on a Sunday.

[INT] The lawyer notices how one of his keys is missing.

[INT] The lawyer's pity has transformed into anger.

[INT] The lawyer wants to soothe himself in recognizing Bartleby's workforce. The only way he feels empathy towards Bartleby is still in economic terms, pairing charity with economic worry in proclaiming that without his job, Bartleby would be off worse.

[INT] The lawyer's perplexity slowly turns into pity.

[INT] Yet another instance of the lawyer seeing Bartleby only as a worker, not as a human being.

[INT] Bartleby's refusal at the same time means more labor for his colleagues.

[INT] The demands of the capitalist everyday are so grand, holding still for reflection is impossible -> Similar to the demands of late-stage capitalism and the digital attention economy.

[INT] The lawyer asks his other clerks for their opinion on Bartleby's refusal. The dynamics in the workplace are organized in a way that prohibits solidarity.

[INT] Bartleby's calmness and firmness is perceived as inhumane.

[INT] The lawyer cannot find any rationale in Bartleby's refusal, he is too stunned.

[INT] The lawyer first believes it to be physically impossible for Bartleby to state refusal as he did.

[INT] This is the first time Bartleby contends passively, but firmly "I would prefer not to."

[INT] On the third day of Bartleby's employment, the lawyer needs him to revise a document in terms of naturalized, capitalist demands: fast, so he. as the boss, could proceed with other (more meaningful) tasks "without the least delay."

[INT] Description of the labor of scriveners as "dull, wearisome, and lethargic."

[INT] Bartleby initially seems to be motivated to work but does so "mechanically" without breaks. A humanization of the worker does not take place.

[INT] Bartleby's desk is set facing the window looking out on the brick wall only, while the lawyer installs an artificial screen so that the two cannot see but only hear one another. The lawyer proclaims this separation is done for privacy reasons, but from a critical point of view, this act can be interpreted as one of the manifestations of alienation and class difference.

[INT] Bartleby is hired in response to an advertisement for another copyist. He is described as a "motionless young man" who presents himself neatly, what pleases the lawyer.

[INT] Ginger Nut is a 12-year-old, who is mainly occupied with the tasks of a runner-boy and used to cater the office with sweets.

[INT] The lawyer understands the (in)ability of his clerks to be productive at the same time with pity but is content that at least, they complement eachother so that there is no huge loss of labor time and revenue. He only sees his clerks in terms of profitmaking, not in terms of their humanity.

[INT] The lawyer reflects upon class differences. This is one of the only times he does so, though.

[SCH] The lawyer sees Nipper's habit to grind his teeth as a sign of his nervousity, yet as Kuebrich has elaborated, this habit could rather be interpreted as a repercussion of the capitalist workplace on the individual (392).

[INT] Nippers is a 25-year-old copyist who is described as overly nervous but ambitious.

[INT] Turkey is appreciated as the most valuable clerk by the lawyer and sees himself as such too.

[INT] Turkey is about 60 year old like the narrator and a rather energetic presumed alcoholic who works dilligigently in the mornings but becomes more and more unuseful and clumsy in the afternoons.

[INT] Introduction of the other clerks: Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger-Nut.

[INT] "Life" is excluded from the office premises. Clear physical separation of "life" and labor. The surroundings of the office present a rather dull/depressing environment: One window of his wallstreet office only looks at a brick wall.

[STY] Metatextual commentary. The narrator acknowledges his rambling.

[INT] Self-ascription of the lawyer as someone who is generally peaceful and shys away from overly loud conflict.

[INT] Self-ascription of the narrator as a person who values efficiency, tranquility and moderateness.

[INT] Before the plot starts, the narrator sets the scene of the surroundings. A description of his office and other clerks will follow for the reader to better grasp in what kind of situation Bartleby was put in.

[INT] It is immediately established that Bartelby is a man nobody, not even the narrator knows basically anything about.

This is no longer a left wing progressive stance, this is considered centre right in current UK govt enforced attitudes.

Fascinating to see how the context of Nietzsche bred his "unique" views that so resonate with thinkers today as they no doubr reminisce over their lost empires!!!

notes here: https://grok.com/c/d20d18d9-6ae4-482e-a985-d8188a23b570

CommonLit is made for teachers, by teachers. It has everything you need to drive student growth—at a fraction of the cost.<br /> https://www.commonlit.org/