Bartleby The Scrivener Analysis

I chose to present pictures from “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street”, because I believe it captures and describes Bartleby’s character best. The first two pictures in the PowerPoint are of Bartleby and his skills in writing. I also added a quote “At first Bartleby did an extraordinary quantity of writing” because this describes Bartleby’s responsibility, as a writer, and what relationship he had with the narrator. He was just an ordinary guy with a simple job. I also stated in the presentation, “I called to him, rapidly stating what it was I wanted him to do—namely, to examine a small paper with me,” said by the narrator. This was the first request the narrator asked Bartleby to do something and he rejected it. Bartleby stated “I would prefer not to.” In a nice manner, but condescending, I believe it is a way of rejecting an assignment from your boss.
At first, Bartleby did not do the simple task of examining a paper, but he did do the copies that he was hired to do. The narrator still did not fire him. “But there was something about Bartleby that not only strangely disarmed me, but in a wonderful manner touched and disconcerted me” I felt that the narrator built a bond with Bartleby, the silent of his work and personality, is the reason that he did not want to let him go. I put a picture of Bartleby and the wall because that was his corner. He was always there and does not always work on his assignments, but eat his ginger-nuts. He never left that corner, not even to go home, and I started to think that maybe he did not have a home to go to. In the end, the narrator had enough of the situation that is why he moved. He could not get Bartleby to leave so he thought leaving himself would push Bartleby to