Question

What about walls is significant in Melville’s "Bartleby the Scrivener"? Select all that apply.

Answer 1

a) The story is set on Wall Street.

c) Bartleby dies in a prison surrounded by high walls.

d) Bartleby spends many days in his office facing a wall.

Explanation:

The wall street is the place where The Lawyer(narrator) first met Bartleby. The Lawyer hired Bartleby as a clerk in his office. Everything was going smooth but one day Bartleby started acting strange.

All he did was staring at the wall of the office. The Lawyer was kind and didn't want to fire him from his job because of his mental health.

And in the end when the narrator went to meet Bartleby. he was lying in the ground all curled up in the prison yard where he took his last breath.