Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street

Characters
Protagonist / Antagonist? - what is the Boss up against in the person of Bartleby? Does Bartleby represent a force beyond himself as an individual?
Major / Minor (Who are the major players in the story? What do we know about them? Are they likable? Sympathetic? Realistic? What's the function of the story's minor characters?)
Dynamic / Static-Who changes? Who stays the same? Is the story about growth or change? 
Round / Flat-Who is the round character? Who are the flat characters

The boss is up against bartleby who "prefers" not to do work around the office. I believe Bartleby represents a force beyond hi

mself as an individual. It seems as tho he represents a wall. Doesnt move , doesnt do much but just stand there.

He keeps repeating that he referes not to and doesnt want to move from his place. Even when the boss tells him to quit he wont. The minor characters are Turkey, Nippers, and Gingernut. They are the other workers that work in the law office with Bartleby. Turkey is the one that is most like the boss. He does everything in order and on a time schedule. Yet at 6, he disappears. Nippers is younger than Turkey but not the youngest of the bunch. He is the type of person that knows what he doesnt want. GingerNut is the youngest at 12 years old.He would get paid a dollar a week and was sent to do small errands such as sweep, clean and such. They are realistic much more than Bartleby. For example, there are people like Bartleby but not all will do what he does because they know they will get fired. Yet Bartleby does it like its a natural thing. The function of the story's minor characters is to make the story flow and give it life because Bartleby doesnt. He just "prefers" not to give life to the story. The boss changes from the beginning of the story until the end. In the beginning he would just let go of what h did but then he started to get mad that he wouldnt do anything. He started getting tired but nicer too. He visited Bartleby in jail when he was sent to jail. On the other hand, Bartleby is a non changing character and also very flat character. He constantly stays like a flat line through out the whole story. This story is mostly about change how one person , even if this person does not say much, can change you. Bartleby changes the boss through out the story through his actions.