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Bartleby's workplace contributing to his sickness

In "Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall Street" the narrator talks of a man called Bartleby coming to his office for a job and hires him. After that Bartleby starts to slip into a state of complete isolation, which I believe is due to the nature of his work with our narrator "the lawyer". This is the analysis of how Bartleby's work at the lawyer's office contributed to his hysterical condition that came due to his work.

First of all I would emphasize on Bartley's previous work at the Dead Letter Office in Washington. We learn at the conclusion of the story that Bartleby had work there as a "subordinate clerk… handling dead letters and assorting them to flames"(86). This helps explain Bartleby's mental condition that was only going to degenerate. He had worked at dead letters office reading the letters of people who were sick, needed help or money, or were going through extreme conditions and......

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