Bartleby The Scrivener Literary Analysis

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In Bartleby, the scrivener by Herman Melville, the changing attitudes of the narrator have a significant impact on the narrator's conclusion. Other literary elements, such as diction, point of view, and imagery also play a part of the story's overall outcome. The lawyer is very concerned for his own self-approval. He is unable to fully realize Bartleby's desperation because of his constant concern for what the scrivener can do for his self-approval instead of what he can do for Bartleby. He does not allow Bartleby's problems to affect him because he does not believe such problems exists or matters. The story is told from a limited, first person point of view, which allows for the self-centered attitude of the narrator, such