This May Day I prefer not to....

[Joseph Tracy]

I somehow doubt theAtlantic writer's  premise that occupiers owe a debt of inspiration from this work. There are a limited range of forms of resistance and they can be found throughout history and literature.  That Bartleby represents something real I don't dispute, but whether Melville invented or reflected is impossible to say.  
On May 1, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> The Atlantic‏ @TheAtlantic
> #OccupyWallStreet owes a lot fo Herman Melville's 'Bartleby, the Scrivener'