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Essay / Bartleby, the Scrivener - 617
Bartleby, the ScrivenerBartleby, the Scrivener was a most interesting story. The characters were very interesting to the intuitive reader. The narrator is an interesting man and difficult to understand completely. The narrator's thoughts seem fuzzy, even to himself. The narrator seems to have a sincere wish to help Bartleby in any way possible. His sincerity, however, is questionable. Whenever the narrator tries to help Bartleby, he seems to do so only to satisfy himself. After the narrator informs Bartleby that the office must be vacated, he says to himself: “As I was returning home in a pensive mood, my vanity got the better of my pity. » The narrator is happy to have gotten rid of Bartleby, but apparently only because he gave Bartleby money. This quasi-sincerity, however, seems to take a turn towards the end of the story. After all the trivial attempts to help Bartleby, the narrator seems to have a moment of genuine feeling for Bartleby. After moving and getting rid of Bartleby, someone comes to him in Bartleby's name. The narrator goes to the prison to check on Bartleby only because he cares and knows that no one else does. He knows that if he doesn't check on Bartleby's well-being, no one will. This shows that he's really starting to care. This man, the narrator, is also a man of very weak will. It seems to handle almost anything. He tolerates the temperaments of Turkey and Nippers day after day. These two men seem to be alcoholics, as for example when Türkiye returns from lunch, he is not able to write without blotting the paper. When the narrator suggests that the two editors only work half a day, they refuse. And so, the narrator allows the behavior to continue. Additionally, when Bartleby began to work, the narrator says he placed him behind a screen so that he "could entirely isolate Bartleby from my sight, but not to keep him from my voice." » This wall had no real purpose other than to stand out from the editors, that is to say to feel more important. Additionally, when the narrator asked Bartleby to do something, Bartleby simply said that he "would rather not do it." Bartleby did what he wanted to do. Later, Bartleby stopped working altogether..