The theme of isolation is dramatized because the story alludes that isolation can cause one’s demise or death. Bartleby, the antagonist isolates himself through his behavior due to his own reclusive silence and the screen that he hides behind throughout most of the story. The first step of isolation begins because the Lawyer himself places the screen between him in Bartleby. The story is written from The Lawyer's point of view which is isolating because the readers do not see Bartleby’s thoughts first hand but instead view his behavior through the eyes of another. This effect is dissociating because it gives sensations of being a bystander which lacks the monologue that Bartleby’s point of view would clarify. Furthermore, Bartleby isolates
