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Title: Bartleby the Scrivener analysis
Description: One and a half page analysis of the short story Bartleby the Scrivener. In depth conclusion of why this protagonist does what he does. High school junior/senior level.

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Lexi Trotta 
Mr
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 When a lackadaisical and idle man who has a profession in 
which he “prefers not to” do anything come in contact with his boss in a situation which the boss 
has given the unmotivated employee many chances to correct his work ethic, the result would be 
the loss of  the employee’s job, a termination that could result in depression
...
 
Bartleby was very lazy, even compared to his colleagues
...
 
Turkey works in the mornings only, while Nippers works strictly in the afternoons
...
 After a time, Bartleby on the other hand 
does absolutely nothing at all
...
 
I  sat  awhile  in  perfect  silence,  rallying  my  stunned  faculties
...
  I  repeated  my 
request  in  the  clearest  tone  I  could  assume; but in quite as clear a one  came the previous reply “I 
would prefer not to” (Melville, 150)
...
 

 

In preferring not to do his work, Bartleby displays a disrespectful tone not only toward 

his boss, but also his co­workers and his work place
...
 Bartleby’s actions could cause him to 
lose his job, and lose his source of income
...
 
 

Lastly, I believe Bartleby was incapable of being a scrivener after a while
...
 The reader can assume that after working at an office where the employees 
receive mail meant for the deceased that Bartleby could believe that he became deceased
...
 This 
perspective resulted in his termination from employment
...
 The new owners called the police, who soon arrested him
...
 
 

Bartleby was an indolent man and a terrible worker who did not deserve to be kept on 

staff for as long as he was
...
 At the end of the story, I believe Bartleby got what he deserved in 
death, and that the narrator could find a better employee than one who repeats the same phrase of 
“I prefer not to”
Title: Bartleby the Scrivener analysis
Description: One and a half page analysis of the short story Bartleby the Scrivener. In depth conclusion of why this protagonist does what he does. High school junior/senior level.