"Bartleby, the Scrivener" and "The Birthmark"

Each character in Bartleby seemed to, in some way, be very static characters. If taken out, there wouldn't have been to terrible of a loss. Their descriptions did not aid us in the story. At least, that is how I saw it. The characters in comparison to "The Birthmark" were very bland, overdone.

Whereas in "The Birthmark" I felt the characters where not just words on a page, this led me to like the story dramatically more. I didn't quite understand the point in the characters when reading "Bartleby, the Scrivener".

Alas, I am not fans for Hawthorne's characters very often, nor Melville's. In comparison Hawthorne's made my mind grind more than Melville's.

:D