By attempting to help Bartleby, the lawyer made Bartleby’s situation worse. The lawyer, as an extrovert, unintentionally pressures Bartleby to act more like him. The lawyer tries to pry his way into Bartleby’s mind by constantly asking about him. He also tries to convince Bartleby to partake in normal activities with the other employees in the office. Later, the lawyer extends a helping hand to Bartleby by throwing out seemingly simple solutions to his problems. Bartleby is on the complete opposite end of the spectrum as the lawyer. He socially isolates himself and cuts himself off from the world. Although he brings this upon himself, it is hard to not feel sympathy for him. As previously stated most mental illnesses that we know today did
