Meaning (Theme) :
Does the story leave you thinking anything? Feeling anything? What do you make out of it all?
Passive aggressive people are difficult to accommodate, difficult to ignore.
Passive resistance is a radical form of rebellion.
Offices, where Americans spend the greater part of their lives, are not democracies.
Have a life outside work! Don't expect your occupation to bear the burden of your existence.
What other ideas does the story suggest to you?
The story leaves me feeling sort of when you walk out of a confusing scary movie. You feel confused of whether you should be scared or just confused. It leaves me with this feeling because Bartleby dies.. Then you realize he worked in a dead letters office. After that it leaves you still with even more questions. Is this why he prefers not to work? Did this previous job just suck the life out of him? Shouldn’t he be happy that he DOESNT work there anymore? Out of this story, it’s that your past has a huge effect on you in the future. Bartleby let his past get to him by his previous job. He saw alot of letters that never got send and as much as he wanted to help there was nothing he could do. After all it was only his job. So then when he worked for the lawyer, it still got to him that he wouldn’t do any work.
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