His co-workers include two people of opposite temperaments nicknamed Turkey and Nippers, and his refusal to leave his office is just one example of the many things he "would prefer not to" do.
This character inspired a 2001 book about writers who give up writing by Enrique Vila-Matas, and he is also the subject of an essay about his "formula" by Gilles Deleuze, which compares him to the main character of The Man Without Qualities. The narrator of the work in which he appears praises his "great stillness" and "unalterableness of demeanor under all circumstances," and compares him to a man named Samuel Adams who was murdered by John C. Colt. This character ultimately dies of starvation after being imprisoned at the Tombs, causing the narrator to exclaim "Ah, humanity!" His co-workers include two people of opposite temperaments nicknamed Turkey and Nippers, and his refusal to leave his office is just one example of the many things he "would prefer not to" do. For 10 points, name this scrivener from a Melville short story.
This character inspired a 2001 book about writers who give up writing by Enrique Vila-Matas, and he is also the subject of an essay about his "formula" by Gilles Deleuze, which compares him to the main character of The Man Without Qualities.
Bartleby, the Scrivener