Bartleby Question 17

I felt that Bartleby's character does not change over the course of the story. This is because he always remains in the same attitude and always says the same things. The reader never gets to go inside of his head, and therefore we do not know what he is thinking- if he changes mentally. All the reader sees is Bartleby's actions which remain constant throughout the entire story- he always stands and stares idily, and does not seem to change in his habits at all. It seems though, that Bartleby was key in helping the story to move along, because he brought change into the story. He brings change to the story by disrupting the main character's daily office routines, and the main character's way of thinking. I think that Bartleby showed us a new side of the main character. This was done by the main character;s life being disrupted by Bartleby's strangeness, and in the end, feeling a sort of attachment to Bartleby, which wouldn't have been shown from his other employees because he was used to them.