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- The Scrivener In Herman Melville�s � the Scrivener�, the author uses several themes to convey his ideas. The three most important themes are alienation, man�s desire to have a free conscience, and man�s desire to avoid conflict. Melville uses the actions of an eccentric scrivener named , and the responses of his cohorts, to show these underlying themes to the reader. The first theme, alienation, is displayed best by �s actions. He has a divider put up so that the other scriveners cannot see him, while all of them have desks out in the open so they are full view of each other, as well as the narrator. This caused discourse with all of the others in the office. This is proven when Turkey ...

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from my presence.� (2409) The next theme is man�s desire to avoid conflict. The narrator avoids conflict on several occasions. The first time refused to proofread a paper, the narrator simply had someone else do it instead of confronting him and resolving the issue right then. By ignoring the problem, he left the door open for more disobedience. As expected, continued to refuse to proofread and the narrator eventually gave up on asking him to do it. The narrator went to great lengths to avoid a confrontation. When refused to leave the office after being fired, the narrator chose to move his office to a different location instead of removing the eccentric man by force. The narrator informs the reader of this idea when he says, � No more then. Since he will not quit me, I must quit him. I will change my offices.� (2422) By doing so, the narrator displays just how far man is sometimes willing to go to avoid conflict. The final theme is man�s desire to have a free conscience. ...

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Added: 4/14/2006 08:05:47 PM
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