No Questions Asked: Close reading to Bartleby.

“Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity!” (Mellville 251)

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A story of Wall-Street was written about a man, named Bartleby, who made a great first impression to this lawyer.  The lawyer had many copyist in his business, but these people had special, specific needs.  One did better in the morning time while, one did better in the afternoon.  Bartleby was very well-rounded when it came to his work; he worked well all the time. After a while passed, he started to say “I would prefer not to” (Mellville 22). Bartleby became lazy and didn’t produce any work; while he was slacking off, he was taking advantage of the lawyer.  The lawyer tried everything to help Bartleby he wanted to believe that Bartleby could be changed into the hard worker the lawyer grew up to be.  This was the beginning of where the lawyer saw that society was starting to change, not for the better. 

Here is a website to read up more about Bartleby the Scrivener. 

Melville, Herman. "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street." Bartleby. N.p., 2011. Web. 18 Feb 2012. <http://www.bartleby.com/129/>.