Bartleby, the Scrivener is one of the first stories of corporate discontent. Bartleby is a man that not only deals with his discontent but his isolation as well. Herman Melville has transformed the character of Bartleby as a man that is obviously a freak that appears to be a very lonely man and is unable to find work that is satisfying to him. As we read further into the story we find that Bartleby is not able to find anything that is satisfying to him and it is the reader that begins to feel his discontent and his hopelessness.
The story opens with Bartleby's employer, who is also the narrator of the story, who promises to tell of the peculiar man, Bartleby, a scrivener that works for the narrator of the story. He fulfills this promise after he describes the employers in the Wall Street office in which they work.
There are two copyists and an office-boy that are employed by the narrator. Turkey is described as a valuable employee before twelve, noon. Anytime......

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Title: Bartleby, The Scrivener
Approximate Word Count: 750
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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