Isolation In Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Bartleby'

Over time, the largest contributor of societal breakdown, isolation, has prompted social incompetence between friends and family; of which is derived from post-traumatic events and/or current events. There have been numerous examples of isolation throughout time such as Bartleby, situations in school, as well as my life as an individual. If closed cases of isolation in society were to increase, would you feel impelled to socialize? Is that not why society is spelled as it is, because without socialization, society would be meaningless.

In Bartleby, Ralph Waldo Emerson knew the true meaning of isolation, and had comprehensively shown how society would stand with isolation. Throughout the story, Bartleby was isolated, both from his co-workers and from nature. His past life clarifies the reason for his
However Emerson used Bartleby’s isolation as a plot to express the narrators true feelings toward Bartleby. The narrator never faithfully cared for Bartleby, and was only favorable