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What do the "dead walls" and Bartleby's "dead wall reveries" represent?
What's the significance of the setting? Why is it a story of "Wall Street"?
Why do Turkey and Nipper have nicknames, but the Boss is never named, and we never learn Bartleby's first name? What's in a name?

The "dead walls" represent being trapped somewhere like an office. While the "dead wall reveries" may represent the effects the office cause to someone such as Bartleby in the dead letter place converted him into a monotonic individual. The significance of the setting is to show how work environment can affect who you are completely and either help you or make you so ambitious that you have no control of the limit anymore such as the boss who thinks of using Bartleby for only his interests. Turkey and Nippers have nicknames because they were only people who were assigned to work. Their names had no importance to the boss therefore nicknames were perfect just like in the time of the slave era slaves were not called by their name because they were not important and considered below the human race. I think the bosses name is not revealed because like in the time of slavery era the owners were called mistress, this is how the lawyers job worked he was the owner while his "servants" were Nippers and Turkey so in order to show respect his name was never revealed. I think the name of Bartleby was never mentioned because there was never a good amount of sufficient information to know his name. A name is semi description of who you are for example cuate in the Spanish language means friend, partner. It gives a short evaluation for you to be able to decided whether the person is worth being with or not.