MindMap Gallery Mind Map of Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby, a scrivener, is a fiction-based short story. Bartleby was hired by a successful lawyer on Wall Street to help relieve his legal firm's workload. For two days, Bartleby does an excellent job and earns the owner's trust via his diligence. Instead, he stares at a blank wall through glass. When the lawyer realizes that Bartleby resides at the law firm, he gives him some time to heal from his eye strain before attempting to terminate the obstinate employee. A successful lawyer on Wall Street hires Bartleby, a scrivener, to relieve the load of work experienced by his law firm. For two days, Bartleby executes his job with skill and gains the owner's confidence for his diligence. He instead spends long periods of time staring out one of the office's windows at a brick wall. He is saddened by thought of the life the young man. Bartleby is adamant about not leaving. The new tenants are enraged by the lawyer's second ploy, which involves going to another office and leaving Bartleby behind. They accuse the lawyer of being responsible for Bartleby's oddities. The lawyer, still tormented by his late employee's oddities, mulls over allegations that the man was forced out of a job at the Dead Letter Office. The lawyer pities Bartleby and humanity as a whole.
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