Character Analysis Bartleby, The Scrivener And Lusus...

Character Analysis Choosing between the two stories we were given was more of a challenge than I originally thought it would be. â€Å"Bartleby, the Scrivener† and â€Å"Lusus Naturae† are completely different stories, but both bizarre and interesting in their own ways. For me, I found one captured my interest slightly more. I found the narrator in â€Å"Lusus Naturae† compelling because of how she handles her affliction. Here you have a young girl who from the age of seven until the time of her assumed death, remains for the most part, positive about her life despite her living conditions being poor That stands out to me because if I were to be placed in her shoes I’m not sure that I would have the same outlook she seemed to have. She never seems to show signs of depression or anything like that, she accepts and adapts to whatever is thrown at her. Throughout the story I think it could be argued that she’s treated more as a creature or burden to her family than a person, but still, she puts her family first and does what she can to help them. She even goes as far as faking her own death. That being said, the question of whether the narrator is a positive or negative force in the story is a difficult one. I think she could be considered either, depending on how you look at it. But, if you view her in the sense of the impact she has in the actual story, with the other characters, I would say she’s a negative force. Ethics aside, she is a problem to her family; she’s the cause of most, if