Melville treats us to a strange and sad ending for a strange and sad fellow. Finally, at his wit’s end, the boss leases an office in another building and moves everything and everyone to the new location, leaving Bartleby alone in the empty rooms.īut that’s not the end of Bartleby’s story, as the narrator eventually learns. The boss feels so sorry for the weird young man that his tender heart won’t let him summon the police. The employer then realizes that Bartleby never leaves the building he has been staying there at night. You can guess what the clerk’s response is. The boss tries different motivational tools to get Bartleby to be productive and earn his wages, but Bartleby says only, “I would prefer not to.” Finally the boss dismisses Bartleby from his job and asks him to leave the building. But Bartleby continues to sit at his desk day after day staring out a window at a brick wall. Hoping this is just a phase, the boss gives him time to pull himself together.
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