"Bartleby’s ghostly presence in the story is the result of a breakdown of the narrator’s mind. In fact, Bartleby does not exist at all as an actual scrivener, but instead represents a part of the narrator that he wishes to repress in order to become a more effective and industrious worker. "
I chose to work on the above thesis statement for my analysis essay of Bartleby the Scrivener . I feel this statement is most consistent with the story and what the actual meaning could be. However, I do not agree with the last part of the statement, " In order to become a more effective and industrious worker". I feel the first part of the statement is accurate, but the second part is what I will focus on disproving by an alternate theory in my analysis.
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