Bartleby the Scrivener

Honestly, it seems like I just got a window seat into the "Office Space" or something.  It starts out extremely normal. Turkey, the hard worker in the mornings is a valuable asset.  Nippers is probably more valuable to the team than Turkey is!  Ginger-nut is the errand boy and is liked by most.  Finally, the ad-fulfilling Bartleby comes into the scene and is a good worker! He loves work so much he never leaves the office for home! That's awesome until we discover that he is homeless.  He would sleep in the office! However, the oddest part of Bartleby was the way he handled certain things.  "I would prefer not to"(Melville, 650).  This simple phrase defined who Bartleby was.   He worked hard but it seemed like he almost took advantage of the employment that he was offered in the business.  

Also, why Melville will not tell the reader what the Lawyer's name is in Bartleby the Scrivener is rather aggravating! I did not know how to address this guy in my notes.  I feel like the ambiguity of it provides a sense of the unbiased employer and how Bartleby was given a job in the first place.