What Is The Human Condition In Bartleby The Scrivener

In Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street, by Herman Melville the lawyer's closing exclamation is The last distressful speech of the lawyer or the narrator’s has a significant meaning in this text. It reveals the goal of this story which is focuses on human condition. At the beginning of this text the lawyer considers himself as . According to his profession as a lawyer, he emotionally separates and disconnects himself from everybody including Bartleby. Then when his practical contact increases with Bartleby, the narrator observes him. The narrator feels sorrow for Bartleby, for the first time in his life. As He mentions,
The lawyer deals with rich men’s mortgages. He hires Bartleby in his office as an employee. However Bartleby refuses to work and says, “I would prefer not to”. Day by day he refuses works and he does less work in the office. Later, he is doing no official works.
The narrator shifts his office because Bartleby negatively influences the narrator’s reputation. However Bartleby refuses to leave the office and stays there. At one point when the narrator finds that Bartleby lives in his old office, he eats only ginger nut. The narrator he feels sorry for him. He wants to know the reason behind Bartleby’s action, but Bartleby refuses. Bartley’s loneliness and wired behavior makes him sad. Then the narrator takes few days off from his work. When he get back to his work, he finds out that Bartleby is in prison. The narrator goes to prison to meet him, and he is trying to friendly with Bartleby. The narrator persuades a jailer to feed him well. However, Bartleby refuses to eat and die in