Irony
: The Boss doesn't recognize that his own passiveness is as persistent and frustrating as Bartleby's. Or that his genteel, self- interested interest in Bartleby is leading to no good.
Can you think of other ironies?
Ironies in this story also include how he wouldn’t leave the office and his previous job. His previous job, the letters all ended up in one place to him, but they would never leave. Neither would Bartleby when his boss told him he had to leave. He wouldn’t leave or take any money. Even the boss came back to Bartleby. Also, when Bartleby went to jail, it was ironic how the boss kept coming back to visit him like the letters Bartleby would see. They’d all just return to him.
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