Bartleby's Facebook Page

Bartleby’s facebook page is quite detailed. As seen in the text, Bartleby is a very diligent and hardworking man, at least in the beginning. He was given a job as copyist, and he “did an extraordinary quantity of writing.” His friends consist of very few people. Most of these people are artsy intellectuals, just like Bartleby. They are all entrepreneurs, most with no careers to support themselves. However, they seem to be doing fine on money, just like Bartleby, who kept a “savings bank” in a handkerchief in his desk drawer. His page does not state where he is from, where he currently resides, or his age. His interests include silent meditation, reading, writing, painting, music, and drawing. He does not live movies, only a few documentaries, and his favorite books consist of vast manuscripts written by a variety of intricate intellectuals. Bartleby’s status and mood never changes. It is always blank, but anyone who knows Bartleby knows that he is always “composed,” constituting an air of “tranquility” about him. Bartleby is not someone who can be easily figured out or analyzed. He is very ambiguous. All the words on his facebook page are written without an absolutely negative or positive connotation. He talks in a very neutral way, using the words “prefer” and “particular” frequently. He does not have specifications to his wants or desires. He does not refuse. He just “prefer[s] not to” or is “not particular.” Bartleby’s facebook page has only one picture on it. It is words scribbled down on parchment in some foreign language. No one knows what it says, and Bartleby reveals it to no one. Bartleby has but one word that describes him perfectly: mysterious.