What Does Bartleby The Scrivener Mean

“Bartleby the Scrivener” Journal

The short story, “Bartleby the Scrivener” has concluded when Bartleby was sent to prison and narrator went to visit him and he was found dead. Bartleby was sent to prison because the narrator had left him in his old office and he had caused trouble. When the narrator come back he realized Bartleby was already arrested and was put in prison. The narrator had come back to prison and saw Bartleby dead in the prison yard. As an alternative ending Bartleby is not sent to prison nor dead. Bartleby has not always been the normal person who participated in discussions or responds to his boss, the narrator. Bartleby is known to rather not do anything, but he still wants his job. One Afternoon Bartleby realized he was left alone in the narrators’ old office he thought to himself, I have always responded “I would rather not” to my boss,

Nippers was surprised that Bartleby actually had talked and did not respond with “I would rather not”. Anyhow, Nippers has told Bartleby that the narrator’s new office is on East 5th street, which was a ten-minute walk. Finally, Bartleby has arrived, he opened the door and hoped that he could convince the narrator that he has changed and there is no need for him to escape for him and would like to start examining copied papers. At first, the narrator was ready to jump off the window when he first saw Bartleby in his office, but Bartleby had told him that he wants to start a new beginning, a whole new world of success by working with him. The narrator was surprised by what he had heard, but he was convinced because surprisingly Bartleby did not start off with “I would prefer not to” A month later many new copyright companies wanted Bartleby to examine their copied documents. He has made the narrator proud and well known due to his