In Herman Melville's short story, "Bartleby the Scrivener," the plot revolves Bartleby, an interesting and peculiar character. Although there are several other characters in the story, Bartleby is, by far, the most mysterious. Such behavior can best be seen through his work habits where he was hired to be a scrivener in a lawyer's office. During this era, a scrivener is a professional copyist whose job was to write a document for another person. In other words, a scrivener is a modern version of a human copy machine. Bartleby, at first, was a diligent worker who got the job done at an efficient rate. However as time progresses, Bartleby became more comfortable with his position to the point where he begins to refuse the lawyer's order. Confusingly the lawyer doesn't penalize Bartleby which brings up many ethical questions and ambiguity towards the readers. The lawyer's purpose in doing this can be interpreted into many reasons but ultimately the purpose is to show the overall moral of generosity, how Bartleby's bad behavior brought out the generosity of the lawyer. Throughout the novel, Bartleby's behavior and attitude can be seen as lazy, stubborn and immature.his job was professional. No one knows why Bartleby behaves this certain way and this is a perfect example of Melville's ambiguity throughout the novel. His past was not mentioned in the story and he refuses to answer any questions that involved his identity. His bad behavior can be derived from many reasons but the main reason is because he was homeless and wasn't properly sheltered. The reader can assume Bartleby is homeless because in the novel, the narrator received many complaints from the other lawyers that Bartleby was caught sleeping in the entry every night, "sitting upon the banisters of the stairs by day, and sleeping in the entry by night" (Melville 35). This demonstrates that because Bartleby wasn't properly sheltered, his behavior can significantly alter in any