Society has set a standard in which a person must do something useful to be something good. So, what would the solution be when someone separates from society? Society's answer would either be to try and make that person do something or force that person to leave society permanently. The reason society feels this way is because society is unwilling to see any other view aside from their own, and when that view is challenged the only choice one has is to entirely reject society and be ready to face the consequences. In "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Herman Melville, the narrator has a most unusual incident with an employee he hires as a law copyist. Bartleby started out being a very productive worker, but soon after he decided to quit everything and disconnect himself from the outside world. Through the use of an office setting, dialogue, and symbolism, the author is able to prove that detaching from society is dangerous, not only for that person but also on society. Unvoiced communication jeopardizes interpersonal relations to the degree of devaluing the individual and dehumanizing relationships.
             The Wall Street office setting places Bartleby in a picture perfect environment where he can shut himself out of society. In the opening scene, the narrator hires Bartleby as a scrivener and makes him a workplace in the office.
             "...I placed his desk close up to a small side window...within three feet of the panes was a wall...I procured a high green folding screen, which might entirely isolate Bartleby" (889).
             The narrator, like any other employer, is trying to give Bartleby some privacy, but the privacy actually minimizes Bartleby's interactions with others too much. Bartleby's window should give a form of escape, but in Bartleby's case the window forces him behind another wall, thus furthering his isolation. The narrator illustrates Bartleby's isolation, "...he would stand looking out,...