Analysis Of Bartleby By Melville

Lastly, the lawyer finally comes up with a resolution to rid himself from Bartleby – he moves his office to a different location that was unknown to the civil disobedient employee. He later learns that Bartleby has been arrested and sent to prison, which consisted nothing but darker walls, because he refused to leave his “home.” Even in prison, Bartleby has not changed one bit. He still refuses to eat his rations. Author Melville uses Bartleby for his concept of human existence. Bartleby was placed in a world with social expectations, who preferred not to perform with haste and none at all. He chose to protect himself from those who labeled him as a thing – not even a human – that will likely cause damage to their unstoppable business world.