The Book "Bartleby", "Germinal", and "Christ in Concrete"

  The Book "Bartleby", "Germinal", and "Christ in Concrete" 1) Choose one of the books, and please write a 1250-word essay. Topic: What is the author saying and (crucially) ‘hOW‘ is the author making his meaning understood to the reader? Look for metaphors and symbolism, bits of dialogue and description- Use at least three examples from the text, the ‘actual language“ from the book, and keep the quotations to around 3096 of your total word count. 2) write about the topics below in 250 words each- 1. Why does Bartleby's personal revolution tail? 2. Why does the strike at Montsou fail? 3. Describe Paul's “conversion" to atheism - what drives him to repudiate Christianity, and what are his ‘specific' criticisms of the religion?