The short story "Bartleby, The Scrivener" is told from the point of view of the Lawyer. The Lawyer is the main character, the head of the business, and the employer of Bartleby. By having the story told from this perspective we receive a detailed and subjective account of the story, seeing Bartleby in a different light and allowing us to see how another person views him and interacts with him. Bartleby is a worker hired by the lawyer to work for his firm as a copyist. He is a very quiet man who doesn't say much than, "I would prefer not to." At first he was a great worker, but as the story moves on, he stops his work entirely and just literally lives at the office. This would definitely make an employer mad. Although Bartleby seemed as though he was a great and diligent worker, in the end he is nothing more than a dead scrivener.
             As we begin, the Lawyer's attitude towards Bartleby is actually a slight sense of discomfort and anxiety; in fact, at times we get the idea that the Lawyer is actually afraid of Bartleby, not raw fear, but fear at the fact that Bartleby is unusual and the Lawyer doesn't fully understand him. For instance, when the lawyer realizes that Bartleby is living in the office, he doesn't understand how someone could do this. He has never met anyone quite like Bartleby and his lack of knowledge is unsettling to him. Yet, due to Bartleby's odd qualities and characteristics the lawyer also holds a sense of sympathy for Bartleby. For instance at the end of the story, when Bartleby was taken to jail for not leaving the work office, the lawyer went to go visit him. Though Bartleby wouldn't reveal anything about himself or why he wouldn't leave the office the lawyer felt guilt for his imprisonment. Bartleby had to be physically removed from the office by the authorities.
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