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Why dont we know anything about Bartleby other than what we see of him in the story? is that weakness of the story? why doesn't the Boss just fir Bartleby? What does the boss do for a living? What kind of company is he running?

• We do not know anything about Bartleby other than what we see in the story because he is a character that keeps things to himself , he doesn't like sharing his life ; also the author wanted to portray Bartleby as a mysterious character to make the story more interesting. This could be the weakness of the story , if Bartleby would tell all his life and everything about him then the story would just be flat,no fun , no mystery. The Boss doesn't fire Bartleby because he feel sympathy for him . The boss is a scrivener who copies legal document for people . The boss is Running a scrivener office.