Bartleby and the "The Birthmark"

Both stories' plots were in media res. All the characters in "Bartleby, the Scrivener" were not motivated, not plausible, consistent, and only the lawyer was dynamic. "The Birthmark" had two motivated and plausible characters. One was consistent while the other was not. "The Birthmark" also included a dynamic character, a foil character, and a static character. We learn by reading these two stories back-to-back that the way a story is told (plot} is important to what the readers get out of it. We decided that we would have liked "Bartleby, the Scrivener" to be read like a flashback. We also learned that different character types are suitable for different stories.