Literaturespeaking topic
Melville's scrivener Bartleby answers every request with 'I would prefer not to,' neither accepting nor refusing. Why is this passive resistance, offered without any reason, so unsettling?
— Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener
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Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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