After reading that, there are two conclusions one can come to. For me, it’s that Bartleby is an interesting character, in a bad way. I could not come to sympathize with his character at all and just perceived him as the weird man he is. I definitely have never read a story which involved a character as out of touch with, I guess, reality as Bartleby is. He simply didn’t do what others said like a normal person does. If someone, especially an authority figure, tells me to do something, I’ll probably do it. It’s just a normal thing. Bartleby obviously is not normal. There also is a second way I’ve noticed some people perceiving him. Some readers sympathize with the character similar to how many people sympahtized with Miss Emily from the last story we read. They both are just so out of touch with reality that you have to feel bad for them. I can see myself feeling this way sometimes but most of the time I’m just frustrated with his overall character.
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