Response to #8

Bartleby's actions can be understood as subversive due to the fact they can be categorized as passive resistant sentiments. However Bartleby is devoid of an objective, his passive resistance is not linked to any ultimate cause or conviction. Also when Bartleby says "I would prefer not to," he never says i won't or will not he his not definitive and final in his refusal even though the lawyer takes him as being so. Bartleby excersices refusal or resistance in an agreeable fashion making his actions not overtly subversive.