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Rivera-Ramos 1
Neftali Rivera-Ramos
Professor Y. Amey
ENC 1102-10086
September 23, 2020
Comment Paper
The Hunger Artist and Bartleby: Similar yet different
In 1924 Franz Kafka published the story “A Hunger Artist.” It tells the story of a hunger
artist who declines from fame as the act of fasting becomes less popular. . In 1853 Herman
Melville published “Bartleby the Scrivener”. It tells the story of Bartleby, a scrivener at an office
who begins to rebel at his work. Throughout both stories it is obvious that both the main
