Bartleby continues to surprise the people around him; his isolated character shows how he often creates a disconnection. When Bartleby is asked to help proofread one of the documents he copied, he answers simply, "I would prefer not to." It is th

Bartleby’s trademark sentence, "I would prefer not to," marks his continuing disconnection from the world. Each time Bartleby states it, he is refusing not only a task, but one of the formal procedures that make up a normal life. Bartleby does not want to do anything; the fact of trying to live tires him in everyway. He puts absolutely no effort into his work towards the end and has no sense of determination. He chooses not to lead the life of a normal person and it causes him to be looked at as “loony” or “deranged” as the characters in the story state. Although Bartleby’s not so normal life is “poked” at by many; the narrator continues to support him. But then again this life is normal for him, and they workers don’t see this in him. “I then assured the functionary that Bartleby was a perfectly honest man, and greatly to be compassionated, however unaccountably eccentric” (482).

Bartleby’s isolated character leads him into a life of trouble. He is often ridiculed and put to shame to be a worker on Wall Street. The narrator continues to help him, but is unsuccessful. Bartleby chooses not to care about his life because he is headed towards a life that he hadn’t expected. He consistently chooses not to do his work. “A note form the landlord; it informed me that the writer ha

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