Why Is It Possible To Characterize Bartleby's Office?

The writer of the story, a lawyer with wealthy customers hires Bartleby as a helper. This indicates that Bartleby must have had some good enough reputation to be able to get a job in the law firm. There is no family mention in the story, there are no friends mentioned either; which call attention to think the storyteller hired Bartleby based on trust of his persona. As an attorney the writer maybe saw Bartleby in the judicial buildings in more than one occasion and to alleviate his work load he probably thought this person who already knows the system was the perfect fit to suit his need in the office. But to the lawyer’s bad luck Bartleby is already and old man, to which the lawyer respects and give him his space; not to long after employed Bartleby is in possession of the attorney’s time, decisions and has made himself the owner of that corner in the office. To every request from his employer Bartleby’s answer “I prefer not to”, even if the outcome was going to be for his benefit. …show more content…
Bartleby could have not been in the right state of mind, maybe during his work he got cold heart and decided that life was just a time to pass and wait for death. “He occasionally did a little business at the justices’ courts, and was not unknown on the steps of the Tombs.” For him to be known in the burial grounds Bartleby must have helped many people in preparation of funerals and later the legal papers after the funerals, these must have made an emotional damage that when he became an old man life must have been over for him. Though life experiences cannot be an excuse for someone’s behavior, the narrator puts Bartleby in an ecstasy of human