Bartleby Point Of View

1) Throughout the story, the narrator depicts that he just a regular guy that works in an office. The narrator is the master of the court, he works in which is Chancery court. Being a master of the court he must have some good skills in him and must be in high standards considering knowledge. Throughout the story he doesn’t seem to work really hard at his jobs instead he observes every little thing that he sees in his workers and the office. Also, he’s not one of those typical bosses that are really stressed and mean to his/her employees. Overall the narrator is sympathetic and nice. The narrator’s point of view affects the story a lot because the narrator can be biased and choose what kind of information he wants to include. Another way it

Nippers and Turkey aren’t the best, but the narrator notices that he can’t fire them or replace them. Later on, the narrator “Sees that figure now-pallidly neat, pitiably respectable, incurably forlorn! It [is] Bartleby”(10). This shows that the narrator really likes Bartleby and is like the best employee, he ever had because the narrator mentions in the very beginning “But [he] waive the biographies of all other scriveners for a few passages in the life of Bartleby”(3). This shows the narrator choose to write about Bartleby out of all the other scriveners. The turning point between the narrator’s and Bartleby’s relationship is when “[He] call[s] him to do -namely, to examine a small paper with me” Bartleby “replie[s] I would prefer not to”(11). The narrator and the other employees were surprised with the fact that Bartleby said no to the manager which causes the turning point of their relationship because now Bartleby makes the narrator feel stressed and worried for him. However there are many parts where Bartleby says “I prefer not to” but when Bartleby told the narrator “I would prefer not to be a little reasonable”(23) is the biggest turning point because right after that the narrator fires Bartleby but not in a harsh and mean

Melville describes the setting with significant details because the office has a true metaphorical meaning. The office is a big space of relationships for the characters. Melville is like testing the characters to see how they would bond when they are in the space. Bartleby and the narrator share the same space but are separated by a screen and Bartleby is in a corner with a window of the brick wall. Later on, the narrator moves to another room which causes Bartleby to stay motionless. Another situation is that Bartleby is found in the narrator’s office and it cause the narrator to question Bartleby.Also when the narrator is by himself with Bartleby in the office it reminds him of the murder of Adams by Colt which shows the narrator’s feeling of the murder “rose in [him] and tempted [him] concerning Bartleby, [he] grappled him and threw him”(30). The office reminded the narrator of the murder which is why the office is very significant toward the relationship between Bartleby and the narrator. The office where Bartleby works affects Nippers, Turkey, and Ginger. Because at first Nippers suggested to fire Bartleby but then Nippers tell the narrator to give Bartleby a couple of days to recover. Later on, it truly affects all of the character because Nippers says “Prefer not, eh” the narrator says “So you have got the word too” and when