1. Why don't we know anything about Bartleby other than what we see of him in the story? Is that a weakness of the story?
We don't see much of Bartleby in this story because the story is being told by the lawyers point of view, this does not enable us to know more of Bartleby because he is so boxed in and does not give any information. With this we cant really tell if he is happy with how he is or what his objective is. However this is not a weakness to this story, on the contrary it strengthens it allowing readers to have their own interpretations of the story and makes the readers to continue reading.
2. Why doesn't the Boss just fire Bartleby?
One reason why I believe the boss does not fire Bartleby is because he has not yet found the reason of this behavior of Bartleby so he keeps him because he states he is good with people etc. However after failing that is when he decides to fire him and forget about him and his existence.
3. What does the Boss do for a living? What kind of company is he running?
The boss is a lawyer that earns his living by running a Scriveners office in wall street.
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