Bartelby & story

The narrator tries all the way through the story to sincerely empathize with Bartleby, scarce he never digs likewise robust because he is concerned about saving himself. He thinks that doing good kit and caboodle for Bartleby will look good for him as well. The narrator, however, sticks with Bartleby longer than most of us would.Bartleby is frustratingly honest about life. He is throroughly unexcited about life in general, and the narrator is maybe a little afraid that he is too much like Bartleby. However, he is an eminently safe man who has do peace with the modern world by working for rich clients but has no inner passion.2. jokester, Nippers and Ginger Nut are oddly named characters. Turkey and Nippers are named for the volatility of their character and are in themselves caricatures. Turkey gets rum in the afternoon and becomes enraged at the slightest thing thereafter in other words, he acts like a real turkey. Nippers is irritable and sore in the morning when he might nip someone. As the daytime goes on, he is able to get some work done. The two of them in concert do the work of one man. Ginger Nut is so named because he brings the office Ginger Nut cakes.Their nicknames tell the reader that they are fallible in assessing Bartleby, since someone could assume by their actions that they are crazy too. These characters alike serve to show what the boss already puts up with. 3. Bartleby might command his story told in order to emphasize the futility of the world. He loses two jobs overdue to some sort of administrative change, and the world does not provide an surroundings for him that he can become excited about. The tone of his last statement, Ah, Bartleby Ah, humans is a final sigh in the life of someone who has given up completely. Bartleby has not helped anyone, including himself. He may want to warn us of the emptiness of striving to make a living and the bleakness of the employment world. He may also want to show us in a more realisti c way what becomes of the nonconformist in society. It is tremendous for all of us to think about not being firearm of the tug, but the reality is very different. Not being one of the crowd makes for a long and lonely existence. Works Cited Melville, Herman, Bartle