Sammy and Bartleby, although both going against authority and thus portraying the cowboy image, have very different views of the American workplace. This is in part due to their bosses reactions to them and their actions. In “Bartleby, The Scrivener” the boss, who is also the narrator, is rather passive and does not force Bartleby to leave once he will no longer work. When Bartleby begins to say “‘I would prefer not to,’” (Melville 2239) the narrator does nothing more than ask why. The narrator is unable to force Bartleby to leave, so instead he moves buildings. However, Bartleby shows up at the new building and only leaves once other residents of the building have him “removed to the Tombs as a vagrant,” (Melville 2256). Because of this, Bartleby
