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In Herman Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener," is it THE STORY of Bartleby or the lawyer-narrator.

what is your view?? and why??


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: That's a question that gets debated a lot. I believe it is more the story of the narrator. Bartleby is a very passive character. The narrator tries to do something and to help both Bartleby and himself. The narrator is the one who seems to change--at least a little, or who tries to change--during the course of the story.